TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Zijl, Marloes
AU  - Berg, Gerard J. van den
AU  - Heyma, Arjan
        TI  - Stepping Stones for the Unemployed: The Effect of Temporary Jobs on the Duration until Regular Work
        PY  - 2004/Aug/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 1241
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp1241
        AB  - Transitions from unemployment into temporary work are often succeeded by a transition from
temporary into regular work. This paper investigates whether temporary work increases the
transition rate to regular work. We use longitudinal survey data of individuals to estimate a
multi-state duration model, applying the ‘timing of events’ approach. The data contain
multiple spells in labour market states at the individual level. We analyse results using novel
graphical representations, which unambiguously show that temporary jobs shorten the
unemployment duration, although they do not increase the fraction of unemployed workers
having regular work within a few years after entry into unemployment.
        KW  - treatment effect
KW  - unemployment
KW  - temporary work
KW  - fixed term contracts
KW  - job search
KW  - duration model
        ER  -