@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp791,
            	author={Güell, Maia},
            	title={Fixed-Term Contracts and the Duration Distribution of Unemployment},
            	year={2003},
	month={Jun},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={791},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp791},
	abstract={In the mid-1980s, many European countries introduced fixed-term contracts. Since then their
labor markets have become more dynamic. This paper studies the possible implications of
such reforms for the duration distribution of unemployment. I estimate a parametric duration
model using cross-sectional data drawn from the Spanish Labor Force Survey from 1980 to
1994 to analyze the probability of leaving unemployment before and after the introduction of
fixed-term contracts. I find that the difference in the probability of leaving unemployment
between the short and long term unemployed increased after this reform. Semi-parametric
estimation of the model also shows that for long spells, the probability of leaving
unemployment decreased between the mid-1980s and the early 1990s.},
	keywords={cross-sectional data;duration model;turnover},
            }