Fixed-term employment and labour market flexibility

Abstract

"The paper deals with fixed-term contracts as one specific form of an employment relationship. It presents a brief review of theoretical contributions towards a labour market theory including the duration of labour contracts, which is then viewed against the background of data of Germany making use of the Socio-economic Panel Study East and West (SOEP). Two basic questions are dealt with. (1) Who is most likely to be employed on a fixed-term basis? (2) After accounting for various other characteristics: Do employees with a fixed-term contract have lower earnings than employees with indefinite work contracts?" (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Schömann, K. & Kruppe, T. (1993): Fixed-term employment and labour market flexibility. Theory and longitudinal evidence for East and West Germany. (Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung. Discussion papers FS 1 93-204), Berlin, 31 p.