The use of alternative work arrangements by the jobless: Evidence from the CAEAS/CPS |
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Authors: | John T Addison Christopher J Surfield |
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Institution: | (1) University of South Carolina, 29208 Columbia, SC;(2) IZA, Bonn;(3) Lander University, 29649 Greenwood, SC |
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Abstract: | Alternative work arrangements (AWAs), such as contracting, consulting, and temporary work, have been criticized as providing
only atypical, even precarious, employment. Yet they may also allow workers to locate suitable job matches. Exploiting data
from four Contingent and Alternative Employment Arrangement Supplements to the Current Population Survey, we investigate the
initial job-finding strategies pursued by the unemployed. Within the narrow window offered by the data, we find that unemployed
workers who become reemployed are more likely to find work in AWAs than in regular, open-ended employment. When we evaluate
the use of AWAs against unemployment, there is also evidence that the jobless are entering AWAs as pathways out of their initial
labor market state. |
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