In this paper, we apply multichannel sequence analysis of labour market positions and incomes to create a typology of careers starting with temporary employment in the Netherlands. For this purpose, we use detailed register data from Statistics Netherlands for all workers who entered temporary employment in 2007 and were observed for 96 months. This approach leads to a typology of 17 different career types that shows a considerably larger variation-in terms of employment and income security-than previous research has shown. Specifically, the typology shows that 29.6% of the research population has a stepping stone career with high career and income security, while 39.7% has a dead-end career with low career and income security. However, a large part of careers-24.7%-cannot be classified in this traditional distinction, as they combine high employment security and low incomes or high incomes and low employment security.
In this article, we investigate how the strategies employers have for using non-standard employment – screening, workforce adaptability or cost reduction – affect the career outcomes of workers. To investigate this, we use multichannel sequence analysis to produce a typology of employment and income trajectories of workers with non-standard contracts in the Netherlands. The results show that workers starting employment in firms that use non-standard employment as a screening device are most likely to have careers with high levels of employment security. Strong scarring effects on the career are only found for workers who start employment in firms with cost reduction strategies.
This article examines to what extent the occupational skill level and task types determine whether non-standard employment (NSE) leads to a stepping-stone or a trap in the careers of workers. For this purpose, a typology of the individual careers of workers in the Netherlands who entered non-standard employment in 2007 is created using multichannel sequence analysis. This typology allows for classifying careers in terms of employment security and income security. An analysis of this typology shows that working in occupations with high-level tasks does not preclude trap careers with low levels of employment and income security. Routine tasks do not have an unequivocal effect on career outcomes, while manual tasks generally lead to trap careers. The combination of routine and manual tasks makes it most likely for NSE to function as a trap in workers’ careers.
In dit artikel gebruiken we multichannel sequentieanalyse om de loopbanen van flexwerkers in Nederland te typeren naar de mate van werk- en inkomenszekerheid. We onderzoeken vervolgens in welke mate deze loopbaantypologie tot andere conclusies leidt over de mate waarin flexibele banen een 'opstap' of een 'val' zijn dan wanneer alleen wordt gekeken naar transities op een bepaald moment in de loopbaan en er bovendien geen rekening wordt gehouden met de inkomensontwikkeling. Op basis van transitiecijfers zou kunnen worden geconcludeerd dat 50% van de werknemers die beginnen in een flexibele baan een opstap-carrière heeft omdat ze een eerste transitie naar een vaste baan maken, terwijl 43% uitstroomt naar werkloosheid en dus een val-carrière heeft. De resultaten op basis van de multichannel sequentie-analyse laten een genuanceerder beeld zien: 27% van de loopbanen wordt gekenmerkt door een hoge werk- en inkomenszekerheid en kan dus als 'opstap' worden gezien, 44% heeft te maken met een lage werk- en inkomenszekerheid en kan worden getypeerd als 'val'. Daarnaast combineert 13% van de loopbanen een hoge werkzekerheid met een lage inkomenszekerheid en 4% een lage werkzekerheid met een hoge inkomenszekerheid. Deze resultaten laten zien dat transitiecijfers onvoldoende inzicht geven in de loopbaan van flexwerkers.
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