%0 Journal Article
%T The decline in middle
%A Camille Peugny
%J Research & Politics
%@ 2053-1680
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/2053168018823131
%X Is the middle class shrinking? This article contributes to the debate on job polarisation in Europe. Based on data from the European Union Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS) and looking at 12 European countries, it shows that there is an evident trend towards job polarisation. While this polarisation takes various forms, it is clearly the highest- and lowest-skilled jobs that have increased most rapidly among the active population over the past 20 years, to the detriment of middle-skilled jobs. The article then goes on to demonstrate that polarisation also exists when it comes to working conditions insofar as the lowest-skilled jobs are also where the most precarious employment conditions are found. Conversely, the remaining middle-skilled jobs are relatively shielded from this decline in working conditions
%K Social stratification
%K polarisation
%K inequalities
%K working conditions
%K middle classes
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2053168018823131