<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Competing assumptions about whether entering the labour market via fixed-term jobs is a good or bad start into work life persist in the literature. Based on the longitudinal survey TREE, this article sheds light on (1) who enters the Swiss labour market via fixed-term jobs after graduating from initial vocational education and on (2) the consequences regarding their future returns. Results indicate that vocational education graduates entering the work force via fixed-term jobs of low occupational status must expect lower future wages.</p></abstract>

Competing assumptions about whether entering the labour market via fixed-term jobs is a good or bad start into work life persist in the literature. Based on the longitudinal survey TREE, this article sheds light on (1) who enters the Swiss labour market via fixed-term jobs after graduating from initial vocational education and on (2) the consequences regarding their future returns. Results indicate that vocational education graduates entering the work force via fixed-term jobs of low occupational status must expect lower future wages.

Fixed-Term Jobs after Vocational Education and Training in Switzerland: Stepping Stone or Impediment?

Social Research and Methodology Group, University of Basel, CH-4051 Basel,

Swiss Journal of Sociology

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Competing assumptions about whether entering the labour market via fixed-term jobs is a good or bad start into work life persist in the literature. Based on...

Fixed-Term Jobs after Vocational Education and Training in Switzerland: Stepping Stone or Impediment?

Published Online: Feb 28, 2017

Page range: 89 - 113

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjs-2017-0005

Keywords
fixed-term jobs, job insecurity, labour market entry, vocational education and training, wages

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Fixed-Term Jobs after Vocational Education and Training in Switzerland: Stepping Stone or Impediment?

Published Online: Feb 28, 2017

Page range: 89 - 113

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjs-2017-0005

Keywordsfixed-term jobs, job insecurity, labour market entry, vocational education and training, wages

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
fixed-term jobs, job insecurity, labour market entry, vocational education and training, wages