a fall in earnings is more common in estonia where more than of persistent temporary workers experienced a fall in earnings as shown by moving to a lower quintile a related concern is whether this wage differential has a longlasting impact on wages over the career or whether temporary workers can catch up with their counterparts who started permanent jobs earlier spells of lowpaid jobs may lead to depreciation in human capital which may compromise the possibility to find betterpaid jobs and thus generate persistence in lowpaid employment on the other hand nonemployment may lead to a larger loss of human capital and often has a scarring effect on subsequent employment getting any job even a lowpaid less stable job or one involving limited hours is therefore often put forward as a way to improve future employment and wage prospects