The Skill Formation and Career Ladders for Young Fixed-Term Workers : Toward Labour Market Reform

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21830038
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Sociology
Research Institution	Hitotsubashi University
Principal Investigator	NISHINO Fumiko Hitotsubashi University, 大学院・社会学研究科, 准教授 (40386652)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2010
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,639,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,030,000、Indirect Cost: ¥609,000) Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,248,000 (Direct Cost: ¥960,000、Indirect Cost: ¥288,000) Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,391,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,070,000、Indirect Cost: ¥321,000)
Keywords	若年労働者 / 有期契約労働 / キャリアラダー / 技能形成 / 社会関係資本 / 有期契約雇用
Research Abstract	This research seeks to reveal incentive conditions and actions of both firms and young fixed-term workers about the skill formation and career ladders. According to the empirical research, (1) young fixed-term workers who work more than 40 hours per week (full-time) have gained skills under certain conditions in service sectors. But (2) few of them has changed their status into regular workers. (3)Institutional support or protection as public policy might be needed for those who remain as fixed-term workers.