Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/158691 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Citation: 
[Journal:] Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung - Journal for Labour Market Research [ISSN:] 2510-5027 [Volume:] 41 [Issue:] 4 [Publisher:] Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) [Place:] Nürnberg [Year:] 2008 [Pages:] 489-499
Publisher: 
Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg
Abstract (Translated): 
Similar to other European countries, the use of fixed-term contracts in Germany has been deregulated since the 1980s. Though temporary employment can be seen as a possibility to re-enter the labour market, it is argued that temporary employment may lead to 'dead-ends' and to lower investments in further training. From a theoretical perspective, there are arguments for higher and for lower investments in further training for employers and employees. Thus, it is not clear whether firms and employees invest differently when temporary contracts are used. Using the German Mikrozensus 2004, this paper analyses the effect of temporary contracts an work-related training for low-skilled workers. To take systematic differences between temporary and permanent employees into account, we estimate a bivariate probit model for whether fixed-term employment affects participation in work-related training. We conclude that holding a temporary contract does not have systematic disadvantages in access to further training. The use of temporary contracts does not therefore worsen the situation of low-skilled employees in terms of their human capital accumulation.
Subjects: 
befristeter Arbeitsvertrag - Auswirkungen
Weiterbildungsbeteiligung
betriebliche Weiterbildung
Niedrigqualifizierte
Document Type: 
Article

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