TY - JOUR
T1 - Well begun, half done?
T2 - Long-term effects of labour market entry in the Netherlands, 1950-2000
AU - Steijn, Bram
AU - Need, Ariana
AU - Gesthuizen, Maurice
PY - 2006/9/1
Y1 - 2006/9/1
N2 - This article looks at the career effects of different entries into the Dutch labour market: as unemployed, non-standard or permanent worker. Using the bridge versus trap analogy, it is investigated whether or not a 'bad' career start will have long-term negative consequences.To do this, event history analysis is used.The results show that non-standard work has no negative consequences with respect to later career unemployment or upward and downward mobility. However, certain negative effects are associated with unemployment at the career start. Moreover, this effect is larger when the duration of the period of unemployment is longer. Several other hypotheses - about macro-economic effects and about the effects for groups with a weak labour market position - are refuted. Overall, the data show that early career unemployment can work as a trap, but that early career non-standard work can work as a stepping stone towards a better labour market position.
AB - This article looks at the career effects of different entries into the Dutch labour market: as unemployed, non-standard or permanent worker. Using the bridge versus trap analogy, it is investigated whether or not a 'bad' career start will have long-term negative consequences.To do this, event history analysis is used.The results show that non-standard work has no negative consequences with respect to later career unemployment or upward and downward mobility. However, certain negative effects are associated with unemployment at the career start. Moreover, this effect is larger when the duration of the period of unemployment is longer. Several other hypotheses - about macro-economic effects and about the effects for groups with a weak labour market position - are refuted. Overall, the data show that early career unemployment can work as a trap, but that early career non-standard work can work as a stepping stone towards a better labour market position.
KW - Contingent employment
KW - Flexible employment contracts
KW - Inequality
KW - Labour market
KW - Non-standard work
KW - Unemployment
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33747616434&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0950017006066996
DO - 10.1177/0950017006066996
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33747616434
VL - 20
SP - 453
EP - 472
JO - Work, employment and society
JF - Work, employment and society
SN - 0950-0170
IS - 3
ER -