TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Transitions from part-time unemployment: Is part-time work a dead end or a stepping stone to the labour market?
JO  - Economic and industrial democracy
A1  - Månsson, Jonas
A1  - Ottosson, Jan
SP  - 569
EP  - 589
VL  - 32
IS  - 4
N2  - 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.<p /> 
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SN  - 0143-831X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0143831X10387836
ID  - ref1
ER  -