Fixed-term contracts have become a major form of employment in Europe. Available evidence about whether temporary jobs … are a stepping stone to a permanent employment or are a dead end is mixed. The usefulness of these jobs depends on the … institutional and economic environment. Fixed-term contracts can be a pathway from unemployment to employment, but their potential …

In this paper we test the effects of ownership, competition and disorganisation on firm level employment dynamics using … the transition process. In addition, while competition seems to play no role in employment determination, disorganisation … is shown to constrain firm employment in the Ukraine but not in Russia. Such outcomes are explained by the nature and …

Der Arbeitsmarkt und die Arbeitswelt in Deutschland befinden sich in einem schon länger andauernden Veränderungsprozess …