Die Rolle befristeter Beschäftigung in Europa

Ronald Bachmann and Julia Bredtmann

Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik, 2016, vol. 65, issue 3, 270-298

Abstract: Temporary contracts are being used as an instrument to make labour markets more flexible in many countries of the European Union. Our international comparison shows that temporary employment hardly increases the permeability of labour markets. On the one hand, it facilitates access to the labour market; on the other hand, however, it leads to unstable jobs and segmented labour markets. The latter only feature a very limited stepping-stone function of temporary employment. In order to create sustainable jobs, reforming employment protection with the aim of increasing transitions to stable jobs, as well as investing in (further) education seem to be good alternatives.

Keywords: Temporary employment; employment protection; labour market policy; befristete Beschäftigung; Kündigungsschutz; Arbeitsmarktpolitik; Temporary employment; employment protection; labour market policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J41 J48 J60 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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