- There is little known about the effects of being a temporary contract holder on young workers’ subsequent labour market and family outcomes.
- A study of the Japanese airline industry focused on how it changed the nature of the contract for flight attendants in the mid-1990s and then again in the mid-2010s.
- Workers starting on temporary contracts were less likely to remain with the firm and were significantly less likely to have children within 10 years of starting the job, finds the study.
- Given that the study was composed mainly of young women, the authors do not yet know if their findings would also be true for young men hired on temporary contracts.
Temporary work contracts promise firms and workers increased flexibility, particularly in labour markets characterised by a high degree of rigidity. At the same time, these contracts are typically a worse deal for workers relative to…
