%0 Journal Article
%T Labour Market Attachment Following Major Workforce Downsizings: A Comparison of Displaced and Retained Workers
%A Arja Jolkkonen
%A Arja Kurvinen
%A Liudmila Lipi£¿inen
%A Pekka Virtanen
%A Pertti Koistinen
%A Tapio Nummi
%J Work, Employment and Society
%@ 1469-8722
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0950017017706305
%X In plant downsizings, attention tends to be paid to displaced workers, while the retained are considered ¡®fortunate survivors¡¯. Exploiting a comprehensive Finnish employee-employer dataset, this study examines both displaced and retained workers and compares their seven-year labour market attachment after downsizing. Advanced statistics, including trajectory analysis, are used to identify groups characterized by ¡®immediately weakening¡¯, ¡®gradually weakening¡¯ and ¡®strong¡¯ employment. Workers displaced in major downsizings have a significantly higher risk of immediately weakening employment than those retained. Sequence analyses were performed for those on weakening employment trajectories and it was found that the pathway ¡®unemployment ¨C unemployment pension ¨C old age pension¡¯ was quite common among displaced workers but also among those retained. The results support the segmentation theory hypothesis of a dualism in outcomes, but surprisingly there is little difference in the labour market outcomes of retained and displaced workers in the long run
%K displaced workers
%K labour market transitions
%K plant downsizing
%K restructuring
%K retained employees
%K sequence analysis
%K trajectory analysis
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0950017017706305