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Fixed-Term Contracts
3 findings
Labour & employmentPay-for-Performance Counseling and Take-Up FrictionOnly 35 percent of job seekers offered intensive counseling enrolled in the program, short-term employment gains at eight months were driven entirely by fixed-term contracts rather than permanent contracts, and all employment advantages disappeared completely after twelve months.RCTEconomics (general)Short-Term Contract Variance DilutionFixed-term and temporary contracts of 1 week or less comprised 53% of all contract flows, generating a standard deviation of hiring 9.9 times larger than permanent contracts and obscuring overall hiring treatment effects.RCTLabour & employmentAbsence of Stepping-Stone Effect in Temporary EmploymentShort-term employment gains at eight months were driven entirely by job seekers finding fixed-term contracts with zero increase in permanent employment contracts, and all employment advantages vanished completely after twelve months.RCT