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

John Addison, Chad Cotti and Christopher Surfield

No 4444, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (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; contracting/consulting work; regular open-ended employment; earnings development; temporary jobs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J30 J40 J63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26 pages
Date: 2009-09
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Published - revised version published as 'Atypical Jobs: Stepping Stones or Dead Ends? Evidence from the NLSY79' in: The Manchester School, 2015, 83(1), 17–55

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