Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5061751 Economics Letters 2008 4 Pages PDF
Abstract

We construct a theoretical labor market that incorporates skill differences across workers to identify under which conditions temporary contracts are a way to access to permanency. Firing costs and unemployment benefits increase the threshold productivity above which workers access to permanency.

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Temporary contracts, employment protection and skill: A simple model
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