@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp5815, author={Fernández-Kranz, Daniel and Paul, Marie Elina and Rodríguez-Planas, Núria}, title={Part-Time Work, Fixed-Term Contracts, and the Returns to Experience}, year={2011}, month={Jun}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={5815}, url={https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp5815}, abstract={Using data from Spanish Social Security records, we investigate the returns to experience in different flexible work arrangements, including part-time and full-time work, and permanent and fixed-term contracts. We use a trivariate random effects model which consists of a three-equation system that is estimated simultaneously by Markov Chain Monte Carlo techniques. Our results indicate that there is a large pay gap for working part-time which persists many years after having resumed full-time work. We also find that working part-time involves lower returns to experience than standard full-time employment and thus a substantial negative wage differential for those employed part-time accumulates over time. Finally, we find that heterogeneity exist by contract type and motherhood status.}, keywords={returns to experience of differential work histories;random effects models;fixed-term and permanent contracts;MCMC;part-time employment;motherhood}, }