@techreport{Portugal2009firms,
abstract = {Temporary forms of employment account for a variable but never trivial share of total employment in both the U.S. and in Europe. In this article we look at how one specific form of temporary employment - employment with fixed-term contracts - fits into employers' hiring policies. We find that human capital variables (schooling, skills and employer-provided training) as measured at the levels of the worker and the workplace are important determinants of the employers' decisions to hire with fixed-term contracts and to promote temporary workers to permanent positions. Those employers that hire more with fixed-term contracts are also those that are more likely to offer a permanent position to their newly-hired temporary employees. Our results indicate that fixed-term contracts are used as mechanisms for screening workers for permanent positions.},
address = {Bonn},
author = {Pedro Portugal and Jos\'{e} Varej\\textasciitilde{}{a}o},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {J23; J41; 330; Fixed-term contracts; adjustment costs; labor demand; Befristeter Arbeitsvertrag; Arbeitsnachfrage; Humankapital; Anpassungskosten; Theorie; Portugal},
language = {eng},
note = {urn:nbn:de:101:1-200910085849},
number = {4380},
publisher = {Forschungsinst. zur Zukunft der Arbeit},
title = {Why do firms use fixed-term contracts?},
type = {IZA Discussion Papers},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/35968},
year = {2009}
}
