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The Impact of Temporary Agency Work on Trade Union Wage Setting: A Theoretical Analysis

Beissinger, Thomas; Baudy, Philipp - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

Focusing on the cost-reducing motive behind the use of temporary agency employment, this paper aims at providing a better theoretical understanding of the effects of temporary agency work on the wage-setting process, trade unions' rents, firms' profits and employment. It is shown that trade...

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Dual Labour Markets at Work: The Impact of Employers' Use of Temporary Agency Work on Regular Workers' Job Stability

Hirsch, Boris - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

Fitting duration models on an inflow sample of jobs in Germany starting in 2002-2010, this paper investigates the impact of employers' use of temporary agency work on regular workers' job stability. In line with dual labour market theory, I find that non-temp jobs are significantly more stable...

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How Does Temporary Agency Work Impact German Agency Workers?

Spermann, Alexander - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

The enormous speed of change in the working world is associated with greater job insecurity. As a dynamic external flexibilization instrument, temporary agency work is characterized by high labor turnover rates. As a result, agency workers might perceive more job insecurity than permanent staff....

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Sector Surcharges for Temporary Agency Workers in Germany: A Way Out of the Low-Wage Sector?

Spermann, Alexander - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Sector-specific surcharge collective labor agreements between the bargaining partners in the staffing industry allow for a reduction of wage gaps between agency workers and permanent staff in case of long-term job assignments to user companies. Surcharges up to 50% after a surcharge-free period...

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How Could Germany Escape the Demographic Trap?

Kahlenberg, Christoph; Spermann, Alexander - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Demographic change is perceived as a threat for wealth rather than a challenge in Germany. The debate on skilled labor shortage is a proof for this view. The paper surveys the most important German studies on skilled labor shortage. Meanwhile, a consensus on solutions has emerged in academia....

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Other Forms of Employment: Temporary Employment Agencies and Self-Employment

Andersson, Pernilla; Wadensjö, Eskil - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

Sweden as an example, but the Swedish experience is not unique. Other countries have similar and in many cases more of those …

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The New Role of Temporary Agency Work in Germany

Spermann, Alexander - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

This paper reviews the development of temporary agency work after its deregulation in the context of the so-called Hartz reforms in Germany. The new role of agency work emerges from its enormous growth after deregulation, the intense use of agency work by big stock-listed companies and upcoming...

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Temporary Employment Agencies: A Route for Immigrants to Enter the Labour Market?

Andersson, Pernilla; Wadensjö, Eskil - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

We study immigrants in temporary employment agencies in Sweden using a unique data set that covers all aged 16-64 who … were employed by temporary employment agencies (TEAs) in Sweden in November 1999, with information on their employment …, and women are less overrepresented among those born outside of Sweden. The immigrants are overrepresented among those with …

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Do Changes in Regulation Affect Employment Duration in Temporary Work Agencies?

Antoni, Manfred; Jahn, Elke J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

Over the past three decades Germany has repeatedly deregulated the law on temporary agency work by stepwise increasing the maximum period for hiring-out employees and allowing temporary work agencies to conclude fixed-term contracts. These reforms should have had an effect on the employment...

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Political Variables as Instruments for the Minimum Wage

Lemos, Sara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

Following the early 1980s apparent consensus, there has been a controversial debate in the literature over the direction of the minimum wage employment effect. Explanations to nonnegative effects range from theoretical to empirical identification and data issues. An explanation, however, that...

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