Successful return to work during labor market liberalization: the case of Italian injured workers

Journal for Labour Market Research

Table 1 Unconditional probabilities of post injury long term employment outcomes

1994–1997	Outcome after n months since RTW
1994–1997	3 months	6 months	12 months	36 months
Non work	15.0	14.7	16.9	25.4
Employed in the same firm	79.9	76.9	69.2	48.5
Employed in a different firm-permanent contract	3.7	6.2	10.6	19.5
Employed in a different firm-temporary contract	1.0	1.6	2.6	5.9
On leave due to a new_injury	0.4	0.6	0.8	0.7
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

1998–2001	3 months	6 months	12 months	36 months
Non work	14.9	13.8	15.1	24.1
Employed in the same firm	78.1	75.1	67.2	46.8
Employed in a different firm-permanent contract	4.3	7.2	11.3	19.9
employed in a Different firm-temporary contract	2.2	3.4	5.7	8.5
On leave due to a new_injury	0.5	0.6	0.8	0.8
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

2002–2005	3 months	6 months	12 months	36 months
Non work	15.4	14.1	15.2	23.0
Employed in the same firm	77.9	74.9	67.7	48.6
Employed in a different firm-permanent contract	3.6	5.7	9.5	17.0
Employed in a different firm-temporary contract	2.8	4.6	6.9	11.2
On leave due to a new_injury	0.3	0.8	0.7	0.2
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

Among those who were hired pre-injury with a permanent contract, only 1.7, 1.4 and 0.8% (in the three periods respectively) became temporary contract workers in the same firm—out of all possible outcomes. Among those who were hired pre-injury with a temporary contract in the same three periods, 18.2%, 15.2% and 12.6% became permanent contract workers in the same firm—out of all possible outcomes