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Autor/in | Gebel, Michael |
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Titel | Fixed-term contracts at labour market entry in West Germany. Implications for job search and first job quality. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Befristete Arbeitsverträge und Berufseinmündung in Westdeutschland. Implikationen für die Arbeitssuche und die Qualität des ersten Jobs. |
Quelle | In: European sociological review, 25 (2009) 6, S. 661-675Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0266-7215; 1468-2672 |
DOI | 10.1093/esr/jcp005 |
Schlagwörter | Sozioökonomisches Panel; Einkommensunterschied; Arbeitsbedingungen; Einkommen; Lohnhöhe; Ausbildung; Arbeitsplatz; Arbeitsuche; Befristeter Arbeitsvertrag; Unbefristeter Arbeitsvertrag; Hochschulabsolvent; Absolvent; Berufsanfänger |
Abstract | "Fixed-term contracts have become very relevant in the transition from school to work. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) for the period 1984-2006, this article analyses differences in the timing of receiving a fixed-term contract or a permanent contract throughout the duration of first-job search and whether fixed-term contracts are associated with lower initial wages. Competing risk duration models reveal that school leavers initially receive more often permanent contracts but that a certain proportion also accepts temporary jobs. For transitions to both fixed-term and permanent contracts, we find that the longer the time spent searching for a job, the lower the transition probability to a job. The negative duration dependence effect is even more pronounced for fixed-term employment. Comparing labour market entrants with similar individual and job characteristics using propensity score matching techniques show that entrants earn significantly less in fixed-term jobs compared to permanent employment. Wage penalties are slightly larger for those who actually choose fixed-term contracts in their first job, whereas randomly allocated job entrants would suffer lower wage losses. Especially graduates from tertiary education suffer high initial wage losses in fixed-term contracts." Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: empirisch-quantitativ; empirisch; Sekundäranalyse; Längsschnitt. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 1984 bis 2006. (author's abstract, IAB-Doku). |
Erfasst von | Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg |
Update | 2010/2 |