There is widespread belief that workers in temporary agency work (TAW) are subject topoorer working conditions, in particular pay, than comparable workers in the rest of theeconomy. The first aim of this analysis is to quantify the wage penalty, if any, for workers inTAW. Secondly, we analyze...

This paper examines the incidence and wage effects of over-skilling within the Australianlabour market. It finds that approximately 30 percent of employees believed themselves to bemoderately over-skilled and 11 percent believed themselves to be severely over-skilled. Theincidence of skills...