Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/193304 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 12010
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We use data from the adult cohort of the National Education Panel Study to analyse the changes in the employment histories of cohorts born after World War II and the role of atypical employment in this context. Younger cohorts are characterised by acquiring more education, by entering into employment at a higher age, and by experiencing atypical employment more often. The latter is associated with much higher employment of women for younger cohorts. A sequence analysis of employment trajectories illustrates the opportunities and risks of atypical employment: The proportion of individuals whose entry into the labour market is almost exclusively characterised by atypical employment rises significantly across the cohorts. Moreover, a substantial part of the increase in atypical employment is due to the increased participation of women, with part-time jobs or mini-jobs playing an important role in re-entering the labour market after career breaks.
Subjects: 
atypical employment
regular employment
cohort differences
life cycle analysis
sequence analysis
JEL: 
J21
J42
J81
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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