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.

Language
Englisch

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

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

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Eichhorst, Werner
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(where)
Bonn
(when)
2014

DOI
doi:10.15185/izawol.45
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  • Eichhorst, Werner
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Time of origin

  • 2014

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