Welcome to the official website of the Cross-National Biographies – Young (CNB-Young) project
The project “Dynamics of youth employment precarity: drivers, trajectories, and outcomes in a cross-national perspective” (CNB-Young) analyses the phenomenon of precarious work among young adults in Poland, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Our goals
Through quantitative analyses of individual economic trajectories, the CNB-Young project seeks to explain the ways in which the interplay of various characteristics of individuals and their households, together with institutional settings of various countries, affects workers’ chances of moving into secure employment, or determines the outcomes of early career instability.
Our goals
Through quantitative analyses of individual economic trajectories, the CNB-Young project seeks to explain the ways in which the interplay of various characteristics of individuals and their households, together with institutional settings of various countries, affects workers’ chances of moving into secure employment, or determines the outcomes of early career instability.
The study
The project harmonizes data from long-standing panel surveys conducted in the four countries covered by the study. The harmonized Cross-National Biograpies (CNB-Young) dataset will for the first time offer a comparative view of precarious work, its determinants and consequences, from a life-course perspective.
The Team
CNB-Young is conducted by a consortium of the University of Warsaw (UW) and the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences (IFiS PAN). The research team is headed by Anna Kiersztyn (Institute of Sociology, UW) and Zbigniew Sawiński (IFiS PAN).
The Team
CNB-Young is conducted by a consortium of the University of Warsaw (UW) and the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences (IFiS PAN). The research team is headed by Anna Kiersztyn (Institute of Sociology, UW) and Zbigniew Sawiński (IFiS PAN).
CNB-Young session during the 5th International Conference ‘Social Boundaries of Work: Politics and Ideologies of Work’
The 5th International Conference ‘Social Boundaries of Work: Politics and Ideologies of Work’ took place online, on October 28-29, 2020. During the first day of the conference, a separate group session ‘Understanding heterogeneity: the cross-national study of precarious employment’ was organised, chaired by Anna Kiersztyn.