TY  - THES
A1  - Hagen, Tobias
T1  - Labour market effects of fixed-term employment contracts : microeconometric analyses for West Germany
T1  - Arbeitsmarkteffekte befristeter Arbeitsverträge : mikroökonometrische Analysen für Westdeutschland
N2  - This study analyses the labour market effects of fixed-term contracts (FTCs) in West Germany by microeconometric methods using individual and establishment level data. In the first part of the study the role of FTCs in firms’ labour demand is analysed. An econometric investigation of the firms’ reasons for using FTCs focussing on the identification of the link between dismissal protection for permanent contract workers and the firms’ use of FTCs is presented. Furthermore, a descriptive analysis of the role of FTCs in worker and job flows at the firm level is provided. The second part of the study evaluates the short-run effects of being employed on an FTC on working conditions and wages using a large cross-sectional dataset of employees. The final part of the study analyses whether taking up an FTC increases the (permanent contract) employment opportunities in the long-run (stepping stone effect) and whether FTCs affect job finding behaviour of unemployed job searchers. Firstly, an econometric unemployment duration analysis distinguishing between both types of contracts as destination states is performed. Secondly, the effects of entering into FTCs from unemployment on future (permanent contract) employment opportunities are evaluated attempting to account for the sequential decision problem of job searchers.
KW  - Arbeitsmarktforschung
KW  - Arbeitsmarktpolitik
KW  - Arbeitsmarkt
KW  - Ökonometrie
KW  - Befristeter Arbeitsvertrag
KW  - Personenbezogene Daten
KW  - Kausalanalyse
KW  - Mikroökonometrie
KW  - fixed-term contract
KW  - dual labour market
KW  - microeconometrics
KW  - stepping stones
Y1  - 2004
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/4247
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-12241
ER  -