Workers and Firms Sorting into Temporary Jobs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9704334 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fabio Berton (0000-0002-2894-1297, University of Eastern Piedmont and LABORatorio R. Revelli), Pietro Garibaldi (0000-0002-4211-7915, University of Turin and Collegio Carlo Alberto) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 122 |
| Issue | 562 |
| Pages | F125-F154 |
| Publication date | 2012-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Economic Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2012.2533.x |
| OpenAlex | W2133802746 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 35 |
The liberalisation of temporary contracts has led to a sizeable share of jobs covered by temporary contracts. This article proposes a matching model of unemployment in which temporary (fixed‐term) and permanent (open‐ended) jobs coexist in a long‐run equilibrium. From the labour demand standpoint, the choice of the type of contract leads to a trade‐off between an ex‐ante speed of hiring and an ex‐post flexible dismissal rate. Empirically, we test with Italian longitudinal data whether non‐employment spells that lead to a temporary job are shorter on average. The empirical evidence strongly supports our theoretical prediction
Dismissal · Economics · Ex-ante · Labour economics · Macroeconomics · Matching (statistics · Restrictiveness · Sorting · Unemployment · Unfair dismissal · Firm Innovation and Growth · Italy: Economic History and Contemporary Issues · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
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| Citations per year | 0.93 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2025 (14) |
| Highly cited | No |