Atypical employment arrangements such as agency temporary work and contracting have long been criticized as offering more precarious and unstable work than regular employment. Using data from two datasets - the CAEAS and the NLSY79 - we determine whether workers who take such jobs rather than...

Atypical work arrangements have long been criticized as offering more precarious and lower paid work than regular open-ended employment. In an important paper, Booth et al. (2002) were among the first to recognize that notwithstanding their potential deficiencies, such jobs also functioned as a...

Atypical work arrangements have long been criticized as offering more precarious and lower paid work than regular open-ended employment. In an important paper, Booth et al. (2002) were among the first to recognize that notwithstanding their potential deficiencies, such jobs also functioned as a...

Der aus Flexibility und Security gebildete und seit einiger Zeit angewandte Begriff "Flexicurity" (die Briten werden es uns danken!) beschreibt das Bestreben, mehr Flexibilität am Arbeitsmarkt und in den Beschäftigungsverhältnissen mit sozialer Sicherheit zu verbinden. Experten aus...