Atypical Work: Who Gets It, and Where Does It Lead? Some U.S. Evidence Using the NLSY79

John Addison (), Chad Cotti () and Christopher J. Surfield ()
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Chad Cotti: University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
Christopher J. Surfield: Saginaw Valley State University

No 4444, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Abstract: Atypical work arrangements have long been criticized as offering more precarious and lower paid work than regular open-ended employment. In an important paper, Booth et al. (2002) were among the first to recognize that notwithstanding their potential deficiencies, such jobs also functioned as a stepping stone to permanent work. This conclusion proved prescient and has received increasing support in Europe. In the present note, we provide a parallel analysis to Booth et al. for the United States – somewhat of a missing link in the evolving empirical literature – and obtain not dissimilar similar findings for the category of temporary workers as do they for fixed-term contract workers.

Keywords: atypical work; temporary jobs; contracting/consulting work; regular open-ended employment; earnings development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J30 J40 J63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2009-09

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