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dc.contributor.authorCao, Shutaoen
dc.contributor.authorShao, Enchuanen
dc.contributor.authorSilos, Pedroen
dc.date.accessioned2011-10-10-
dc.date.accessioned2011-12-15T12:58:02Z-
dc.date.available2011-12-15T12:58:02Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.pidoi:10.34989/swp-2011-21en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/53907-
dc.description.abstractThis paper constructs a theory of the coexistence of fixed-term and permanent employment contracts in an environment with ex-ante identical workers and employers. Workers under fixed-term contracts can be dismissed at no cost while permanent employees enjoy labor protection. In a labor market characterized by search and matching frictions, firms find it optimal to discriminate by offering some workers a fixedterm contract while offering other workers a permanent contract. Match-specific quality between a worker and a firm determines the type of contract offered. We analytically characterize the firm's hiring and firing rules. Using matched employer-employee data from Canada, we estimate the model's parameters. Increasing the level of firing costs increases wage inequality and decreases the unemployment rate. The increase in inequality results from a larger fraction of temporary workers and not from an increase in the wage premium earned by permanent workers.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aBank of Canada |cOttawaen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aBank of Canada Working Paper |x2011-21en
dc.subject.jelH29en
dc.subject.jelJ23en
dc.subject.jelJ38en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordLabour marketsen
dc.subject.keywordPotential outputen
dc.subject.keywordProductivityen
dc.titleFixed-term and permanent employment contracts: Theory and evidence-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn669551023en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:bca:bocawp:11-21en

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