TY - JOUR
T1 - Stepping-stone effect of atypical jobs
T2 - Could the least employable reap the most benefits?
AU - Auray, Stéphane
AU - Lepage-Saucier, Nicolas
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2021/1/1
Y1 - 2021/1/1
N2 - This article estimates the causal impact of atypical work on the probability of finding regular, durable employment and on wage gains. Using a novel administrative dataset on the employment and unemployment history of 1/25th of French workers and the timing-of-events approach, we find a robust stepping-stone effect and no evidence of a lock-in effect. Starting atypical work during unemployment raises the likelihood of finding regular work by 87% in the following months, and has no effect on wage growth. Interestingly, this effect is stronger for workers with weaker ties with the labor market, such as those unemployed for long periods, older individuals or those who worked fewer hours in the year prior to the start of the spell.
AB - This article estimates the causal impact of atypical work on the probability of finding regular, durable employment and on wage gains. Using a novel administrative dataset on the employment and unemployment history of 1/25th of French workers and the timing-of-events approach, we find a robust stepping-stone effect and no evidence of a lock-in effect. Starting atypical work during unemployment raises the likelihood of finding regular work by 87% in the following months, and has no effect on wage growth. Interestingly, this effect is stronger for workers with weaker ties with the labor market, such as those unemployed for long periods, older individuals or those who worked fewer hours in the year prior to the start of the spell.
U2 - 10.1016/j.labeco.2020.101945
DO - 10.1016/j.labeco.2020.101945
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85097373464
SN - 0927-5371
VL - 68
JO - Labour Economics
JF - Labour Economics
M1 - 101945
ER -
