TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Addison, John T.
AU  - Cotti, Chad
AU  - Surfield, Christopher J.
        TI  - Atypical Work: Who Gets It, and Where Does It Lead? Some U.S. Evidence Using the NLSY79
        PY  - 2009/Sep/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 4444
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp4444
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - atypical work
KW  - contracting/consulting work
KW  - regular open-ended employment
KW  - earnings development
KW  - temporary jobs
        ER  -