title: Training in two-tier labor markets: The role of job match quality.
abstract: This study examines training investments in two-tier labor markets, focusing on the role of job match quality. Temporary workers are in general more likely than permanent workers to leave their employer and therefore are less likely to receive employer-funded training. However, as firms prefer to continue productive job matches, we hypothesize that the negative effect of holding a temporary contract on the probability to be trained diminishes with the quality of the job match. Using a recent longitudinal survey from the Netherlands, we find that temporary workers indeed participate less frequently in firm-sponsored training. However, this effect is fully driven by mismatches: holding a temporary contract does not significantly decrease the probability to receive training for workers in good job matches. Depending on match quality, a temporary job can either be a stepping stone or a dead-end.
authors.affiliation: Utrecht University School of Economics, PO 80125, 3508 TC Utrecht, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Yusuf Emre
authors.initials: YE
authors.lastname: Akgündüz
authors.affiliation: Utrecht University School of Economics, PO 80125, 3508 TC Utrecht, Netherlands. Electronic address: T.M.vanHuizen@uu.nl.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: van Huizen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D032982:Contracts; D004493:Education; D004651:Employment; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009426:Netherlands; D014937:Work; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Employment protection; Flexibility; Matching; Temporary contracts; Training