inexperienced workers secure a permanent contract. Our study evaluates whether this stepping-stone function is moderated by the … contract duration, exploiting a Dutch policy reform that shortened the maximum duration of sequences of temporary contracts …

increases contract enforcement costs by inhibiting the coordination and monitoring of performance. Immigrant employees may …, immigrant employees augment the supervisory services of headquarters and limit technology leakage, thereby reducing contract … hypothesis that immigrant employees increase offshoring intensity by lowering contract enforcement costs. Hiring one additional …

formal firms' hiring of contract workers, who do not carry stringent string costs. Overall, Chinese import competition …

slowdown. One suspect is China’s 2008 Labor Contract Law (LCL), which provides workers with certain rights against firings and …