Determinants of Indefinite Contracts in Europe: The Role of Unemployment

Article Article scientifique Article Determinants of Indefinite Contracts in Europe: The Role of Unemployment eng 2016 author Baccaro Lucio 686580 author Kocer Ruya Gokhan 797913 author Galindo Jorge 523047 author Pulignano Valeria 794-838 10.1163/15691330-12341412 1569-1322 Using individual-level data from the 2010 wave of the European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS), and country-level data on unemployment, employment protection legislation and union density for 21 European countries, this paper provides a comprehensive multi-level analysis of the determinants of indefinite employment contracts. The authors find that workers' autonomy on the job, the intensity of computer use, and the presence of general and specific skills are associated with greater contract security. Perhaps more importantly, the authors find a strong negative effect of unemployment, particularly on workers cumulating multiple sources of labor market vulnerability, such as young age, low skill, low autonomy, and immigrant status, especially but not exclusively in the Mediterranean countries most affected by the crisis. Dewey 301 122 Département de sociologie T4 false Comparative sociology 15 6621aea9-92d9-4e24-a588-5774fc2a88a8 Article (Published version) Public Determinants of indefinite contracts in Europe-The Role of Unemployment.pdf 1166940 application/pdf openAccess Faculté des sciences de la société / Département de sociologie

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