Stepping stones for the unemployed: the effect of temporary jobs on the duration until (regular) work

By Marloes de Graaf-Zijl, Gerard J. van den Berg, A. Heyma. Social Science Research Network, 2004

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Transitions from unemployment into temporary work are often succeeded by a transition from temporary into regular work. This paper investigates whether temporary work increases the transition rate to regular work. We use longitudinal survey data of individuals to estimate a multi-state duration model, applying the ‘timing of events’ approach. The data contain multiple spells in labour market states at the individual level. We analyse results using novel graphical representations, which unambiguously show that temporary jobs shorten the unemployment duration, although they do not increase the fraction of unemployed workers having regular work within a few years after entry into unemployment.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, General Health Professions

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Citations in the corpus

• Precarious employment: understanding an emerging social determinant of health. (2014, background): “Although flexible employment may be beneficial for some workers (33, 72), for the most part employment flexibility tends to erode employment conditions (36).”
• Do changes in regulation affect employment duration in temporary work agencies (2006, unknown): “Despite this objection Zijl et al. (2004) find evidence that temporary agency work in the Netherlands substantially reduces unemployment duration and increases subsequent job stability.”
• This Time It's Different? Youth Labour Markets during ‘The Great Recession’ (2012, unknown): “Zijl et al. (2011), analysing the situation in the Netherlands in more detail,”