We examine why employers use temporary agency and contract company workers and the implications of these practices for … the wages, benefits, and working conditions of workers in low-skilled labor markets. Through intensive case studies in … circumstances under which these workers are likely to be adversely affected, minimally affected, or even benefitted by such …

paid substantially more to agency help to avoid raising wages for their regular workers and to fill vacancies while they … recruited workers for permanent positions. In low-skilled occupations, our evidence suggests that temporary help agencies … facilitated the use of more "risky" workers by lowering their wages and benefits and the costs of firing them. The use of agency …

find that ownership type is highly correlated with characteristics of both workers (education, experience, gender, and … from correlated characteristics of workers and firms. This paper estimates these ownership differentials using linked …

longitudinal data on manufacturing firms, our fixed effect and random trend models consistently fail to support workers' fears of … impacts on both employment and wages in all four countries. The negligible consequences of domestic privatization for workers …

earnings inequality over the same period. Between 1978 and 1988, a reduction in the dispersion of earnings among workers in the … differentials across education and age groups remained roughly stable, and there was no general widening of earnings differentials … within either education or age groups. German wage setting institutions tend to limit earnings differentials across groups of …

We compare older workers' plans for work and retirement with their subsequent work and retirement outcomes using panel … them. Instead, a large fraction of these individuals stop working entirely. Our findings suggest that older workers may …