Artikel

Fixed-term contracts

Fixed-term contracts have become a major form of employment in Europe. Available evidence about whether temporary jobs are a stepping stone to a permanent employment or are a dead end is mixed. The usefulness of these jobs depends on the institutional and economic environment. Fixed-term contracts can be a pathway from unemployment to employment, but their potential as a stepping stone to permanent employment is undercut if there is a strong degree of segmentation in labor markets. If that is the case, the labor flexibility motive of employers ends up dominating the screening function in offering a fixed-term contract.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Journal: IZA World of Labor ; ISSN: 2054-9571 ; Year: 2014 ; Bonn: Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers: General
Thema
fixed-term contracts
segmentation
employment
flexibility
employee screening
dual labor market

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Eichhorst, Werner
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2014

DOI
doi:10.15185/izawol.45
Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
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  • Artikel

Beteiligte

  • Eichhorst, Werner
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2014

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