Stepping Stones for the Unemployed: The Effect of Temporary Jobs on the Duration until Regular Work

Marloes Zijl (), Gerard van den Berg and Arjan Heyma ()
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Marloes Zijl: University of Amsterdam
Arjan Heyma: SEO Economic Research

No 1241, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Transitions from unemployment into temporary work are often succeeded by a transition from temporary into regular work. This paper investigates whether temporary work increases the transition rate to regular work. We use longitudinal survey data of individuals to estimate a multi-state duration model, applying the ‘timing of events’ approach. The data contain multiple spells in labour market states at the individual level. We analyse results using novel graphical representations, which unambiguously show that temporary jobs shorten the unemployment duration, although they do not increase the fraction of unemployed workers having regular work within a few years after entry into unemployment.

Keywords: treatment effect; unemployment; temporary work; fixed term contracts; job search; duration model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C41 J64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 55 pages
Date: 2004-08
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Published - published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2011, 24 (1), 107-139

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Journal Article: Stepping stones for the unemployed: the effect of temporary jobs on the duration until (regular) work (2011)
Working Paper: Stepping-stones for the unemployed: The effect of temporary jobs on the duration until regular work (2004)
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