The impact of temporary contracts on gross job and worker flows

Arbeitspapier

Based on direct information on hires and separations for 11.000 establishments during 11 years, we report new evidence that around half of job and worker flows stem from temporary contracts which account for only around 10 percent of employment. The share of temporary contracts is positively correlated to employment growth indicating that firms use temporary jobs as a buffer in labor adjustment. Job reallocation for temporary contracts is acyclical. Service establishments with a high share of temporary employment exhibit acyclical job reallocation while permanent jobs in manufacturing are countercyclical.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance ; No. 494

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure ; Labor Demand
• Subject: Job Creation and Job Destruction ; Worker Flows ; Dual Labor Markets ; Temporary Employment ; Befristeter Arbeitsvertrag ; Beschäftigungseffekt ; Arbeitsmobilität ; Schweden

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Arai, Mahmood ; Heyman, Fredrik
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Stockholm School of Economics, The Economic Research Institute (EFI)
• (where): Stockholm
• (when): 2002

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/56315
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