Arbeitspapier

Fixed-term and permanent employment contracts: Theory and evidence

This paper constructs a theory of the coexistence of fixed-term and permanent employment contracts in an environment with ex ante identical workers and employers. Workers under fixed-term contracts can be dismissed at no cost while permanent employees enjoy labor protection. In a labor market characterized by search and matching frictions, firms find it optimal to discriminate by offering some workers a fixed-term contract while offering other workers a permanent contract. Match-specific quality between a worker and a firm determines the type of contract offered. We analytically characterize the firms' hiring and firing rules. Using matched employer-employee data from Canada, we estimate the wage equations from the model. The effects of firing costs on wage inequality vary dramatically depending on whether search externalities are taken into account.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Working Paper ; No. 2010-13

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Taxation and Subsidies: Other
Labor Demand
Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: Public Policy
Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
Thema
employment protection
unemployment
dual labor markets
wage inequality
Befristeter Arbeitsvertrag
Arbeitsverhältnis
Arbeitsmarkttheorie
Matching
Dualer Arbeitsmarkt
Lohnstruktur
Theorie

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Cao, Shutao
Shao, Enchuan
Silos, Pedro
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
(wo)
Atlanta, GA
(wann)
2010

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Cao, Shutao
  • Shao, Enchuan
  • Silos, Pedro
  • Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Entstanden

  • 2010

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