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

John Addison, Chad Cotti and Christopher J. Surfieldy
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Christopher J. Surfieldy: College of Business and Management, Saginaw Valley State University

No 2009-12, GEMF Working Papers from GEMF, Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra

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 published in this journal, 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.

Pages: 32 pages
Date: 2009-09
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