We investigate how the flexibility of temporary contracts affects the probability of young workers to be upgraded into permanent employment. Theoretically, we explore the workers' career development in response to the change in flexibility within a search and matching model; empirically, we...

Workers with fixed-term contracts typically have worse health than workers with permanent contracts. We show that these differences in health translate into a substantially higher (30%) risk of applying for disability insurance (DI) in the Netherlands. Using unique administrative data on health...

Workers with fixed-term contracts typically have worse health than workers with permanent contracts. We show that these differences in health translate into a substantially higher (30%) risk of applying for disability insurance (DI) in the Netherlands. Using unique administrative data on health...

[Einleitung ...] Der Bericht ist wie folgt aufgebaut. In Kapitel 2 wird detailliert dargestellt, wie sich die offiziellen Statistiken der Bundesagentur für Arbeit sowie des Statistischen Bundesamtes hinsichtlich der Höhe der Lohnlücke unterscheiden und wie sich diese Unterschiede erklären...

Temporary agency work and outsourcing to a service contractor are two forms of alternative work arrangements with rather complex legal aspects which firms use for external staffing. The regulatory complexity of temporary agency work can lead to intended or unintended non-compliance when firms...

Eine der Maßnahmen, mit denen die Bundesregierung die Folgen der aktuellen Coronakrise für den Arbeitsmarkt zu entschärfen sucht, ist der erleichterte Zugang zum Kurzarbeitergeld. Dieses Instrument wurde bereits erfolgreich bei der Bewältigung der Finanzmarkt- und Wirtschaftskrise 2008/09...

Die Qualität der Beschäftigung (Arbeitsortprinzip) im Saarland analysiert die vorliegende Studie, indem die Bedeutung und die besonderen Strukturmerkmale der einzelnen atypischen Beschäftigungsformen Teilzeit, ausschließlich geringfügige Beschäftigung (agB), Leiharbeit und Niedriglohn...

Die Qualität der Beschäftigung (Arbeitsortprinzip) in Rheinland-Pfalz wird in der vorliegenden Studie analysiert, indem die Bedeutung und die besonderen Strukturmerkmale der einzelnen atypischen Beschäftigungsformen Teilzeit, ausschließlich geringfügige Beschäftigung (agB), Leiharbeit und...

Die offiziellen Zahlen der Bundesagentur für Arbeit geben zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt Hoffnung, dass die Corona-Pandemie in der Zeitarbeit nicht so tiefe Spuren hinterlassen könnte wie man angesichts des Einbruchs und der Einschränkungen in manchen Teilen der Wirtschaft hätte befürchten können....

A criminal record can severely damage labor market prospects. While public and private organizations have developed a host of policies to encourage employers to hire people with a record, research suggests some of the policies may have negative unintended consequences. To explore ways to...

We estimate how much firms differentiate pay premia between regular and outsourced workers. We study temp agency work arrangements where pay setting has previously escaped measurement because existing datasets do not report links between user firms (the workplaces where temp workers perform...

Attempts to regulate the temporary employment sector have had mixed results internationally. In South Africa, temporary employment was regulated in 2015 through amendments to the Labour Relations Act. This paper uses administrative data to examine the short-term impact of strengthening...

In the context of growing worldwide inequality, it is important to know what happens when the demand for low-skilled workers changes. Because natural resource shocks are global in nature, but have highly localized impacts on labor prospects in resource extraction areas, they offer a unique...

Using the Colombian Annual Manufacturing Survey (AMS) between 2000 and 2014, this paper investigates the effect of labor contract modalities on firm productivity within the industrial sector through a structural model. We find that the elasticity of revenue with respect to temporary workers is...

A range of evidence suggests that non-standard jobs, including fixed-term and other temporary jobs such as casual jobs, pay lower wages than more standard, permanent jobs, even after controlling for differences in worker and job characteristics. A recent literature suggests this is also the case...

Eine der Maßnahmen, mit denen die Bundesregierung die Folgen der aktuellen Coronakrise für den Arbeitsmarkt zu entschärfen sucht, ist der erleichterte Zugang zum Kurzarbeitergeld. Dieses Instrument wurde bereits erfolgreich bei der Bewältigung der Finanzmarkt- und Wirtschaftskrise 2008/09...

We estimate how much firms differentiate pay premia between regular and outsourced workers. We study temp agency work arrangements where pay setting has previously escaped measurement because existing datasets do not report links between user firms (the workplaces where temp workers perform...

The increasing numbers of workers in employment with little to no job security, so-called precarious employment, has led to a range of concerns over worker outcomes. A particular focus is the effect of instability on health in general, and particularly, mental health. We provide new evidence on...

Temporary employees rank lower than permanent employees on various measures of mental and physical health, including well-being. In parallel, much research has shown that the relationship between age and well-being traces an approximate U-shape, with a nadir in midlife. Temporary employment may...

Temporary employees rank lower than permanent employees on various measures of mental and physical health, including well-being. In parallel, much research has shown that the relationship between age and well-being traces an approximate U-shape, with a nadir in midlife. Temporary employment may...

We investigate the role of temporary contracts in shaping wage inequality in a dual labour market. Based on Italian individual-level administrative data, our analysis focuses on new hires in temporary and open-ended contracts for the period of 2005-2015. To estimate the presence of differentials...

Befristete Beschäftigungen gehören zu den sogenannten atypischen Beschäftigungen. Aus der Perspektive der zumeist jungen Betroffenen stellen befristete Beschäftigungsverhältnisse eine Belastung dar: Studien zeigen, dass Befristete im Vergleich zu unbefristet Beschäftigten über ein...

Die Arbeitnehmerüberlassung, im Gesetz auch Leiharbeit genannt, ist eine Form der atypischen Beschäftigung (Seils/Baumann 2019). Kennzeichnend für diese Beschäftigungsform ist eine Dreiecksbeziehung zwischen Beschäftigten, Verleihbetrieben und Entleihbetrieben. Die Leiharbeiter sind bei...

Die offiziellen Zahlen der Bundesagentur für Arbeit geben zum jetzigen Zeitpunkt Hoffnung, dass die Corona-Pandemie in der Zeitarbeit nicht so tiefe Spuren hinterlassen könnte wie man angesichts des Einbruchs und der Einschränkungen in manchen Teilen der Wirtschaft hätte befürchten können....

We estimate how much firms differentiate pay premia between regular and outsourced workers. We study temp agency work arrangements where pay setting has previously escaped measurement because existing datasets do not report links between user firms (the workplaces where temp workers perform...

This research contributes to the limited literature concerning the determinants of loneliness at work, as well as to the literature on psychological outcomes associated with temporary work. More specifically, we are adding to the literature by exploring whether there is an association between...

This Working Paper tackles two questions: what counts as work within a deregulated labour market; and what are the implications for the study of precariousness? The paper addresses the traditional dichotomy between paid and unpaid work which obscures how unpaid activities often undercut paid...

Increasing attention is being given to the exploitation of temporary migrant workers in Australia, especially in relation to wage underpayments and ‘cashback scams' where visa holders are coerced into returning a portion of their wage to their employer. However, very little focus has been...

This study examines the performance consequences of planned turnover. In particular, we investigate the departure of temporary workers due to the expiration of their contracts. We reconcile the contradictory predictions of collective turnover research—that any type of worker exits impairs...

This research contributes to the limited literature concerning the determinants of loneliness at work, as well as to the literature on psychological outcomes associated with temporary work. More specifically, we are adding to the literature by exploring whether there is an association between...