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

Andersson, Pernilla; Wadensjö, Eskil - 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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Other Forms of Employment: Temporary Employment Agencies and Self-Employment

Wadensjö, Eskil; Andersson, Pernilla - 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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Flexibility, dual labour markets, and temporary employment: Empirical evidence from German establishment data

Pfeifer, Christian - In: Management Revue 16 (2005) 3, pp. 404-422

The study examines, what forms and instruments firms use to react flexibly to demand-induced output fluctuations, and, if they are used in a complementary or substitutable way. Empirical evidence shows a rather complementary relationship. Moreover, the determinants of temporary employment...

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Temporary agency work, the changing employment relationship and its impact on Human Resource Management

Mitlacher, Lars W. - In: Management Revue 16 (2005) 3, pp. 370-388

The increasing use of temporary agency work in Germany has implications for the nature of the employment relationship. The notion of a clearly defined employeremployee relationship becomes difficult to uphold in triangular relationships like in the case of temporary agency work where the...

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Contracting out temporary help services in Germany

Jahn, Elke J.; Ochel, Wolfgang - 2005

Since 2003 the German Public Employment Service (PES) has been experimenting with the contracting out of various services. One of the new labour market programmes is the Personnel Service Agencies, which provide client firms with jobseekers on a temporary assignment basis and are responsible for...

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Incentives to invest in the human capital of temporary agency workers

Schmidt, Stephanie; Thommes, Kirsten - In: Zeitschrift für Personalforschung (ZfP) 21 (2007) 3, pp. 232-251

Growing diffusion of temporary agency work, in conjunction with the growing importance of human capital management, leads to the question who invests in the human capital of temporary agency workers. Therefore, we investigate the parties' incentives to invest and review the small number of...

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Temporary agency work and the user firm's productivity: First evidence from German Panel Data

Hirsch, Boris; Mueller, Steffen - 2010

Entleihers erhöht, während exzessive Nutzung von Leiharbeit eine Niedrigproduktivitätsstrategie mit geringem Einsatz von Human … Gegensatz zur spärlichen Literatur zu den Produktivitätseffekten von Leiharbeit nutzen wir einen großen Paneldatensatz und Fixe …

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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 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 - 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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