Abstract
The prevalence of nonstandard is a matter of concern if, as many assume, such are bad. We examine the relationship between nonstandard employment (on-call work and day labor, temporary-help agency employment, employment with contract companies, independent contracting, other self-employment, and part-time employment in conventional jobs) and exposure to job characteristics, using data from the 1995 Current Population Survey. Of workers age 18 and over, 31 percent are in some type of nonstandard employment. To assess the link between type of employment and jobs, we conceptualize bad jobs as those with low pay and without access to health insurance and pension benefits. About one in seven in the United States is on these three dimensions. Nonstandard employment strongly increases workers' exposure to job characteristics, net of controls for workers' personal characteristics, family status, occupation, and industry. Reprinted by permission of the publisher.
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