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Sector surcharges for temporary agency workers in Germany : a way out of the low-wage sector?

Spermann, Alexander - 2013

Sector-specific surcharge collective labor agreements between the bargaining partner 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. Stepwise surcharges up to 50% after a surcharge-free...

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How does temporary agency work impact German agency workers?

Spermann, Alexander - 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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How could Germany escape the demographic trap?

Kahlenberg, Christoph; Spermann, Alexander - 2012

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The New Role of Temporary Agency Work in Germany

Spermann, Alexander - 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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The new role of temporary agency work in Germany

Spermann, Alexander - 2011

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The effects of longer school days on mothers' labor force participation

Berthelon, Matias; Kruger, Diana; Oyarzún, Melanie - 2015

Lack of adequate childcare is a main reason women cite for not participating in the labor force. We investigate the effect of a reform that lengthened school schedules from half to full days in Chile - essentially providing zero-cost childcare - on different maternal labor participation...

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The Effects of Longer School Days on Mothers' Labor Force Participation

Berthelon, Matias - 2015

Lack of adequate childcare is a main reason women cite for not participating in the labor force. We investigate the effect of a reform that lengthened school schedules from half to full days in Chile – essentially providing zero-cost childcare – on different maternal labor participation...

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Grenzen der Bildungsexpansion? : Ausbildungsinadäquate Beschäftigung von Ausbildungs- und Hochschulabsolventen in Deutschland

Rukwid, Ralf - 2012

untersucht diese detailiert in Hinblick auf die aktuelle Problemlage in Deutschland. Dabei werden sowohl die Erkenntnisse bisher …, dass der Anteil ausbildungsinadäquater Beschäftigungsverhältnisse unter den akademischen Fachkräften in Deutschland seit … ; ausbildungsinadäquate Erwerbstätigkeit ; unterwertige Beschäftigung ; Hochschulsektor ; Berufsbildung ; Arbeitsmarkt ; Deutschland …

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A Nutshell Model of Demand of Permanent vs. Temporary Working Contracts

Contini, Bruno - 2019

This paper presents a two-period “nutshell” model that explains the composition of labour demand when the labour market is dualistic and workers may be hired via permanent (P) or temporary (T) contracts. The model does not explain the level of labor demand, nor the wage of permanent workers,...

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The role of temporary help agencies in facilitating temp-to-perm transitions

Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina (contributor); … - 2006

This paper evaluates the impact of agency work on temporary workers' posterior likelihood of being hired on a permanent basis. We use administrative data on two groups of temporary workers for whom we have complete work histories since they are first observed in 1998 until the year 2004. One...

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