Arbeit auf Abruf und Arbeitsmarktdynamik in der Schweiz: Evaluation eines (weitgehend) nicht regulierten Beschäftigungsverhältnisses

Fred Henneberger, Alfonso Sousa-Poza () and Alexandre Ziegler

Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics (SJES), 2006, vol. 142, issue I, pages 39-78

Abstract: Atypical employment contracts are either considered as traps that hinder permanent employment in the primary segment of the labour market or as stepping-stones leading to stable employment. Whereas the former interpretation appears to apply to Germany, our analysis of on-call contracts in the comparatively weakly regulated Swiss labour market, dynamics are high: mobility between working on-call jobs and permanent employment contracts is sizable, and no evidence of discriminatory wage practices can be observed. Furthermore, no significant differences in job-satisfaction levels between on-call and other employees exist. Nevertheless, some persistence phenomena can be observed on the Swiss labour market as well.

Keywords: working on call; labour market flexibility; wages; mobility; job satisfaction; job turnover intentions; working hours constraints (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J22 J28 J31 J41 J42 J60 J63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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