Universität zu Köln

Biegert, Thomas and Kuehhirt, Michael (2018). Taking Lemons for a Trial Run: Does Type of Job Exit Affect the Risk of Entering Fixed-Term Employment in Germany? Eur. Sociol. Rev., 34 (2). S. 184 - 198. OXFORD: OXFORD UNIV PRESS. ISSN 1468-2672

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Abstract

A central argument for the deregulation of employment contracts is that fixed-term contracts boost employment of jobseekers with uncertain productivity by giving employers a tool to screen such applicants over a longer period of time before permanent hire. We test this proposition by comparing the risk of entering fixed-term employment for individually laid-off workers with that for individuals who have left their previous job for other reasons. This strategy is based on the assumption that in the German context individual lay-offs create uncertainty about jobseekers' productivity. We use data on work exits and subsequent labour market re-entry of the prime-age workforce in Germany from waves 2000-2013 of the Socio-Economic Panel. Our results show that the risk of fixed-term employment is substantively smaller after voluntary job exits but reveal only a small and statistically insignificant risk difference between individual lay-offs and workplace closures after adjusting for differences in socio-economic background and characteristics of the previous job. These findings challenge the view that employers use fixed-term contracts as an instrument to screen specific groups of workers whose productivity is highly uncertain, at least with regard to recent career disruptions.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Biegert, Thomas UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Kuehhirt, Michael UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-191117
DOI:	10.1093/esr/jcy003
Journal or Publication Title:	Eur. Sociol. Rev.
Volume:	34
Number:	2
Page Range:	S. 184 - 198
Date:	2018
Publisher:	OXFORD UNIV PRESS
Place of Publication:	OXFORD
ISSN:	1468-2672
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT; LABOR-MARKET; STEPPING STONES; WEST-GERMANY; NONSTANDARD EMPLOYMENT; SELECTION BIAS; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORK; CONTRACTS; LAYOFFS Multiple languages Sociology Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/19111