Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/203118 
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Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 19-034
Publisher: 
ZEW - Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung, Mannheim
Abstract: 
This paper examines the impact of legal restrictions on fixed-term contracts on employment, wages and the careers of labour market entrants. Specifically, I analyse a 2001 German reform that made it more difficult for establishments that are not subject to employment protection to hire workers on fixed-term contracts. Using a Difference-in-Differences approach, which compares establishments subject to employment protection with those that are not both before and after the reform, I find that the reform has reduced the use of fixed-term contracts, but has not markedly changed net employment. However, the reform has had positive effects on the career stability of post-reform labour market entrants.
Subjects: 
Fixed-Term Contracts
Employment Protection
Labour Market Segmentation
Germany
JEL: 
J21
J41
J68
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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