%0 Report
        %A Güell, Maia
        %T Fixed-Term Contracts and the Duration Distribution of Unemployment
        %D 2003
        %8 2003 Jun
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 791
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp791
        %X 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.
        %K cross-sectional data
%K duration model
%K turnover