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| DC Field | | Value | | Language |
| dc.contributor.author | | Portugal, Pedro | | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | | Varejão, José | | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | | 2009-11-10 | | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | | 2010-07-07T12:04:48Z | | - |
| dc.date.available | | 2010-07-07T12:04:48Z | | - |
| dc.date.issued | | 2009 | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.pi | | urn:nbn:de:101:1-200910085849 | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/35968 | | - |
| dc.description.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. | | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | | eng | | en_US |
| dc.publisher | | Forschungsinst. zur Zukunft der Arbeit Bonn | | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | | IZA Discussion Papers 4380 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | J23 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | J41 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.ddc | | 330 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | Fixed-term contracts | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | adjustment costs | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | labor demand | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Befristeter Arbeitsvertrag | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Arbeitsnachfrage | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Humankapital | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Anpassungskosten | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Theorie | | en_US |
| dc.subject.stw | | Portugal | | en_US |
| dc.title | | Why do firms use fixed-term contracts? | | en_US |
| dc.type | | Working Paper | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.ppn | | 612505367 | | en_US |
| dc.rights | | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | | - |
| Appears in Collections: | | IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
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