Matković, Teo and Lucić, Marko (2021) All in the same boat?: differences in employment experience and risks during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Croatia. Sociologija i prostor, 59 (219). pp. 153-186. ISSN 1846-5226 (Print), 1849-0387 (Online)
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IN ENGLISH: Experience of work amidst the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic was subject to disruptions for most of the employed. According to results of the initial wave of a panel survey research (SOCRES project) conducted between August 20 and October 2 2020, analysed in this paper, six out of seven employed in Croatia encountered some of the observed workplace-related events (furlough, reduced workload, receiving state wage subsidies, working from home, disrupted work-life balance, wage reduction). We grouped the employed respondents into six segments considering epidemiological restrictions and support measures directly affecting the labour market. We examined differences in the incidence of disruptive events, in particular the disrupted work-life balance and reduction in wage and household income. We also examined differences in the perception of situation, contact with the virus, and selfreported health deterioration. Sociodemographic traits (education level, household type and composition, age, gender) and the role of wage subsidies were accounted for in explaining the variation in outcomes. Few inequalities between employment segments were found beyond those obviously arising from interventions. We found adverse effects of disruptive workplace events on earnings, perception of the situation and self-reported health deterioration. A drop in earnings occurred most often among the self-employed and disrupted work-life balance among educators and healthcare workers. Broad state support via wage subsidy amounting close to minimum wage reassured workers, yet was insufficient to compensate. The necessity of robust and effective lockdown-proof public education and care services came to fore during the initial wave of the pandemic, as all the workers had to engage in providing those within the family, leading to increasing work-life balance challenges. --------------- IN CROATIAN: Iskustvo rada u okolnostima prvog vala pandemije za one koji su ostali zaposleni bilo je podložno poremećajima za većinu zaposlenih. Prema rezultatima početnog vala panel anketnog istraživanja SOCRES projekta provedenog između 20. kolovoza i 2. listopada 2020. koji se u radu analiziraju, šest od sedam zaposlenih doživjelo je neku od promatranih promjena vezanih za rad uslijed pandemije (razdoblje bez rada, smanjeno radno opterećenje, obuhvaćenost potporama za očuvanje radnih mjesta, rad od kuće, teže spajanje radnih i obiteljskih obveza, značajno smanjena plaća). Zaposlene ispitanike kategorizirali smo u šest segmenata s obzirom na epidemiološke restrikcije i potpore s izravnim implikacijama po tržište rada. Ispitali smo razlike u pojavnosti disruptivnih događaja, posebno narušene ravnoteže poslovnog i privatnog života te pada plaće i prihoda kućanstva. Osim toga, ispitali smo i razlike u percepciji tegobnosti situacije u okolnostima pandemije, kontaktu s virusom i samoiskazu pogoršanog zdravlja. Uzeli smo u obzir sociodemografske karakteristike (razinu obrazovanja, tip i sastav kućanstva, dob i spol) te ulogu potpora za očuvanje radnih mjesta u objašnjenju varijacija. Među pojedinim segmentima radnika nije utvrđeno mnogo nejednakosti u pojavnosti disruptivnih događaja osim onih koji očito proizlaze iz mjera. Identificiran je negativan utjecaj disruptivnih događaja na prihode, percepciju tegobnosti situacije i samoprocjenu zdravlja. Pad plaće i prihoda kućanstva bili su najčešći za samozaposlene, a otežano usklađivanje radnih i obiteljskih obveza za zaposlene u obrazovanju i zdravstvu. Široka primjena potpora fiksnog iznosa bliskog minimalnoj plaći dosegla je i osokolila značajan broj radnika, ali nije uspjela kompenzirati financijske posljedice pandemije. Nalazi o utjecaju pandemije na ravnotežu poslovnog i privatnog života upućuju na potrebu učinkovitog organiziranja usluga obrazovanja i skrbi, otpornog na zatvaranje.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Language: English. - Title in Croatian: Svi u istom čamcu?: razlike u iskustvu zaposlenosti i rizicima tijekom prvog vala pandemije COVID-19 u Hrvatskoj. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | COVID-19, Croatia, workers, labour market inequalities, workplace-related events, earnings, work-life balance, health (COVID-19, Hrvatska, zaposleni, nejednakosti na tržištu rada, promjene na radnom mjestu, prihodi, ravnoteža poslovnog i privatnog života, zdravlje) |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology |
| Depositing User: | Karolina |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Apr 2021 10:23 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Jul 2021 16:05 |
| URI: | http://idiprints.knjiznica.idi.hr/id/eprint/938 |
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