We study two interventions for underemployed youth across five Ethiopian sites: a $300 grant to spur self-employment, and a job offer to an industrial firm. Despite significant impacts on occupational choice, income, and health in the first year, after five years we see nearly complete...

"In the 1970s, the economic and social foundations of Western Europe underwent an unprecedented transformation. Old industries like coal and steel disappeared, millions of people lost their jobs and formerly flourishing towns and cities went into decline. Traditional political agendas gave way...

"Based on a long-term study of the everyday postsocialist politics of labour in the wider context of intense socio-economic transformation in Bulgaria, this book tells the story of the flexibilization of production, the precaritization of work, shifting managerial practices, and ways in which...

Intro -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- 1 Theoretical Reflections on Work: A Quarter-Century of Critical Thinking -- 2 Methodological Considerations: Thinking about Researching Work -- 3 Gendered Labour Market Insecurities: Manifestations of Precarious...