8 results on '"Pajovic, Vesna"'
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2. Sexual orientation and self-employment: New evidence
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Pajovic, Vesna, Waite, Sean, and Denier, Nicole
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Discrimination against gays -- Analysis ,Employment discrimination -- Prevention ,Sexual orientation -- Social aspects -- Economic aspects ,Anthropology/archeology/folklore ,Sociology and social work - Abstract
Early studies and theory suggest sexual minorities are drawn towards the relative independence of self-employment to avoid discrimination in paid employment. However, recent evidence is mixed, suggesting that a higher propensity for self-employment (relative to heterosexual people) is found only among lesbian women relative to heterosexual women. This study overcomes the data limitations of prior research by using data pooled from 2007-2017 cycles of the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) and multivariate logistic regression to provide new evidence on LGB self-employment. The results show that self-employment is particularly high for bisexual people, especially bisexual women--but not for gay men or lesbian women. Overall, this study examines the enduring but nuanced relationship between self-employment and sexual orientation and discusses countervailing factors related to socio-economic resources, gender, and family structure. Des recherches et des theories anterieures suggerent que les minorites sexuelles sont attirees par l'independance relative du travail independant pour eviter la discrimination dans l'emploi remunere. Cependant, les preuves recentes sont mitigees, suggerant que la propension plus elevee a l'emploi independant (par rapport aux personnes heterosexuelles) ne se retrouve que chez les femmes lesbiennes par rapport aux femmes heterosexuelles. Cette etude surmonte les limites des donnees des recherches anterieures en utilisant des donnees regroupees des cycles 2007-2017 de l'Enquete sur la sante dans les collectivites canadiennes (ESCC) et une regression logistique multivariee pour fournir de nouvelles preuves sur le travail independant des LGB. Les resultats montrent que le travail independant est particulierement eleve pour les personnes bisexuelles, notamment les femmes bisexuelles--mais pas pour les hommes gays ou les femmes lesbiennes. Dans l'ensemble, cette etude examine la relation durable mais nuancee entre l'emploi independant et l'orientation sexuelle et discute des facteurs compensatoires lies aux ressources socio-economiques, au sexe et a la structure familiale., INTRODUCTION The self-employed represent roughly 15% of the Canadian workforce and their numbers have grown in recent decades (Vosko & Zukewich, 2006; Yssaad & Ferrao, 2019). Early research on sexual [...]
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- 2023
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3. Who’s Hitched? Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Heterosexual Partnering in Canada
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Waite, Sean, Denier, Nicole, and Pajovic, Vesna
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- 2021
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4. Patterns and stratification of stressor exposure among Canadian workers
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Pajovic, Vesna and Shuey, Kim M.
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Job stress -- Analysis ,Anthropology/archeology/folklore ,Sociology and social work - Abstract
This research note identifies patterns of stressor exposure among Canadian workers, their stratification by occupational and socio-demographic factors, and their relationship to high self-reported work stress. Using latent class analysis and data from the Canadian Community Health Survey we examine the intersection of six stressors, identifying five distinct patterns (Few stressors, Multiple stressors, Physical, Monotonous, and Chaotic patterns of stressor exposure). Results show that the patterns of stressor exposure are stratified by gender, education, income, age group, and occupation; as well as give insight on how particular patterns of stressor exposure relate to individual perceptions of high self-reported work stress. The project also provides a research example of using quantitative data to examine qualitative differences in patterns of experience that provide more nuanced insight into complex social phenomena. Cette note de recherche identifie les modeles d'exposition aux facteurs de stress chez les travailleurs canadiens, leur stratification en fonction de facteurs professionnels et sociodemographiques et leur relation avec un stress au travail autodeclare eleve. A l'aide d'une analyse des classes latentes et des donnees de l'Enquete sur la sante dans les collectivites canadiennes, nous examinons l'intersection de six facteurs de stress, identifiant cinq modeles distincts (peu de facteurs de stress, plusieurs facteurs de stress, physiques, monotones et chaotiques d'exposition aux facteurs de stress). Les resultats montrent que les modeles d'exposition aux facteurs de stress sont stratifies selon le sexe, le niveau de scolarite, le revenu, le groupe d'age et la profession. Les resultats donnent egalement un apercu de la maniere dont certains schemas d'exposition sont lies aux perceptions individuelles du stress au travail. Le projet fournit egalement un exemple de recherche sur l'utilisation de donnees quantitatives pour examiner les differences qualitatives dans l'experience, afin de fournir un apercu plus nuance de phenomenes sociaux complexes., INTRODUCTION Estimates suggest that over a third of workers in industrial and post-industrial economies experience high levels of work-related stress (Steiber & Pichler, 2015). In Canada, research finds that one-quarter [...]
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- 2021
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5. Lesbian, gay and bisexual earnings in the Canadian labor market: New evidence from the Canadian Community Health Survey
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Waite, Sean, Pajovic, Vesna, and Denier, Nicole
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- 2020
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6. Who’s Hitched? Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Heterosexual Partnering in Canada
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Waite, Sean, Denier, Nicole, and Pajovic, Vesna
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Using data from the 2008 to 2018 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS), we explore compositional differences between single, common-law, and married individuals by sexual orientation in Canada. Specifically, we focus on how single versus partnered lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals differ in sociodemographic characteristics, education, hours worked, and health relative to their heterosexual counterparts. While same-sex unions and parenthood have increased considerably over the last two decades, LGB individuals are less likely to be married or to live in a household with children under the age of 12, relative to heterosexuals. Heterosexual men benefit the most from marriage, whether through productivity, positive selection, or cultural norms of the ideal worker. This is especially the case in terms of employment and earnings. Having children under the age of 12 in the household was strongly correlated with partnership for all LGB people, especially for married gay men. Overall, there were fewer correlates of partnership for LGB people than heterosexuals, suggesting greater diversity in who is partnered and to whom, within the LGB community, than for heterosexuals.
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- 2024
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7. Examining long-term change in employment across men’s and women’s life course using the PSID: Employment stability, multiple jobholding, and women’s labour force participation
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Pajovic, Vesna
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life course ,employment stability ,PSID ,Precarious employment ,multiple jobholding ,sequence analysis ,longitudinal methods ,cohorts ,latent class analysis ,growth curve modelling ,women’s labour force participation (LFP) ,Work, Economy and Organizations - Abstract
A growing body of research examines precarious employment characteristics that have grown in in the context of a shifting labour market landscape and de-stabilizing structural and economic developments that have gained momentum in Western economies since the 1970s. However, less is known about how these characteristics manifest across the individual life course. This dynamism is conceptually salient not only because labour market activity necessarily changes for individuals over time, but also because the concept of precarious employment concerns long-term employment prospects beyond short-term conditions. Even less research examines the extent to which younger cohorts experience ever more precarious employment pathways across the life course than older cohorts, even though their experiences are increasingly embedded in a shifting labour market context. This dissertation examines how three employment phenomena linked to the proliferation of precarious employment—declining employment stability, multiple jobholding, and increases in women’s labour force participation (LFP)—manifest across the individual life course and how they relate to important social factors such as the historical timing of labour market activity of different cohorts, gender, educational attainment, race, and family structure. This dissertation addresses these research gaps by examining long-term pathways of employment that span 10 or more years across the life course, focusing on three distinct but interrelated employment characteristics related to precarious work conditions: employment stability, multiple jobholding, and women’s LFP. Drawing on the life course approach, all three of the integrated articles in this dissertation use longitudinal panel data from the U.S. Panel Study of Income Dynamics. The methods used include latent class analysis, growth curve modelling, optimal matching and related sequence analysis techniques, and logistic regression. The findings highlight the benefit of examining complex long-term pathways to understand how individuals experience new labour market realities, as well as how these contribute to structural disadvantage across cohorts as well as gender and other sources of labour market inequality.
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- 2023
8. A Novel Measure of Work Stress: Identifying Work Stressor Patterns in Canada Using Latent Class Analysis
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Pajovic, Vesna
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Sociology ,latent class analysis ,work stress ,work stressors ,workplace environment - Abstract
This analysis utilizes data from the 2012 Mental Health component of the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS-MH) and latent class analysis to identify patterns of stressful work environments and their relationship with occupational and social location. Based on the intersection of 12 work stress measures, five classes of stressful work environments emerged that can be described as low stress, high stress, physical stress, monotonous, and chaotic environments. Results from models including covariates show that work stress exposure is stratified by occupation, socioeconomic status, age, gender, race/ethnicity, immigrant status, and marital status. Notably, blue- and pink-collar workers had higher odds of experiencing patterns of high stress and physical stress. With some exceptions, less educated, lower income workers, as well as women and younger workers, were more likely to experience all patterns of stressful work environments compared to experiencing low stress.
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- 2017
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