Stepping stones for the unemployed: The effect of temporary jobs on the duration until (regular) work

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 107-139

  de Graaf Zijl, Marloes ^a   van den Berg, Gerard J ^b,c,d,e,f   Heyma, Arjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d IZA   (Germany)

^e CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^f INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Job search; Temporary work; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149495293     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-009-0287-y     Document Type: Article

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