Einflussfaktoren auf das Stigmabewusstsein Arbeitsloser

authored by

Sebastian Lang, Christiane Gross

Abstract

This article examines how the stigma consciousness of the unemployed can

be explained. Based on the Labeling Approach, we define unemployment as

a status which is deviant from the norm of employment. Following

arguments of gender theory, we model a moderating effect of gender

regarding both the employment norm and informal social control. By using

data from the German panel study “Labour Market and Social Security”

(PASS), a positive association can be observed between the stigma

consciousness of the unemployed and a second episode of unemployment

(for men), the duration of current unemployment, material deprivation,

and the obligation to search for a job (for men). The results largely

support the assumptions of the Labeling Approach that unemployed

people’s stigma consciousness is determined by the extent and the

visibility of the deviation as well as formal social control in the form

of an obligation to search for a job.

Organisation(s)

Sociology Department

Type

Article

Journal

Zeitschrift für Soziologie

Volume

Pages

243-262

No. of pages

ISSN

0340-1804

Publication date

01.10.2019

Publication status

Published

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Sociology and Political Science

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth

Electronic version(s)

https://doi.org/10.1515/zfsoz-2019-0018 (Access: Closed)