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Transitions from part-time unemployment: Is part-time work a dead end or a stepping stone to the labour market?

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  • Jonas MÃ¥nsson
  • Jan Ottosson

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This article analyses the effects of individual characteristics on the probability of leaving part-time unemployment. The results show that it cannot be unreservedly asserted that part-time work offers access to the core labour market. Among the part-time unemployed, there are great variations in the degree to which they are likely to leave part-time unemployment. A concentration of labour market policy activities on the part-time unemployed who are least likely to succeed in finding full-time employment can, therefore, be expected to have positive consequences from both equity and efficiency points of view. In this respect, part-time unemployed women, persons with work-related disabilities and persons with temporary employment come to the forefront. The article shows that the likelihood of finding a full-time job is certainly not great for persons belonging to these groups. For many of them, part-time job is not a stepping stone but rather a dead end on the labour market.

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  • Jonas MÃ¥nsson & Jan Ottosson, 2011. "Transitions from part-time unemployment: Is part-time work a dead end or a stepping stone to the labour market?," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 32(4), pages 569-589, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ecoind:v:32:y:2011:i:4:p:569-589
    DOI: 10.1177/0143831X10387836
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