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  • The last decades have shown that the traditional steady job with a permanent contract is on the decline, and that flexible employment (fixed-term employment, temp agency work, gig work) is becoming more common. This trend may create a divide in the labour market between insiders and outsiders. Particularly, flexible employment has been shown to relate negatively to job satisfaction, human capital investment and fertility. As such, indefinite contracts and the insider position that they bring, are valued by workers. Research on the returns to education and skills have, however, predominantly focused on wages and employment as outcome measures. This study estimates how skills relate to the odds of obtaining a permanent contract, as opposed to alternative “flexible” contract arrangements for employees, using PIAAC data across 29 countries. We find that skills contribute substantially to the odds of obtaining a permanent contract. Numerical skills contribute more than literacy skills; a difference that is largely driven by sorting to occupations and industries. We further identify substantial heterogeneities by country, in which either no skills, only numerical skills or only literacy skills significantly predict permanent employment, but never both. We find indicative evidence that such differences are partly driven by supply factors (at the country and regional level) and demand factors (at the occupational level). (xsd:string)
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  • PIAAC-Bibliography (xsd:string)
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  • 2022 (xsd:gyear)
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  • 2022 (xsd:gyear)
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  • 44 (xsd:string)
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  • The relation between skills and job security: International evidence from PIAAC (xsd:string)
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  • 44, 2022 (xsd:string)
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  • PIAAC - Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (xsd:string)
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  • January 12, 2023 (xsd:gyear)
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