The hidden costs of ...xed term contracts: The impact on work accidents
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This paper assesses whether there is a systematic di¤erence between the accident rates of ...xed-term and permanent contract workers that is not just the result of a compositional e¤ect. A pure contractual e¤ect leading to a higher accident rate might exist because the short duration of the temporary contract reduces the incentives to invest in speci...c human capital or because e¤ort is higher to increase rehiring probabilities . I provide two identi...cation strategies to control for selection and reporting biases. The results con...rm there is a pure contractual e¤ect that increases the accident probability by 5 percentage points. JEL Classi...cation: J24 (Human Capital Formation; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity), J28 (Safety; Accidents; Industrial Health; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy)
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