From the point of view of workplace safety, it is important to know whether having a temporary job has an effect on the severity of workplace accidents. We present an empirical analysis on the severity of workplace accidents by type of contract. We used micro data collected by the Italian...

Temporary work agencies use training as a recruitment and retention argument when qualified labor is scarce. However, short job assignments present a major obstacle for employers and employees to increase investment in training. As temporary agency workers are mainly low-qualified and often...

We investigate with German data how the use of temporary agency work has helped establishments to manage the economic and financial crisis in 2008/09. We examine the (regular) workforce development, use of short-time work, and business performance of establishments that made differential use of...

We investigate with German data how the use of temporary agency work has helped establishments to manage the economic and financial crisis in 2008/09. We examine the (regular) workforce development, use of short-time work, and business performance of establishments that made differential use of...

There have been continuous deregulation efforts concerning temporary agency employment in almost all European countries aiming at an increasing flexibility in the European labor markets. This paper theoretically investigates the effects of a legal deregulation of temporary agency employment on...

The study focuses on the question of whether productivity estimates are biased due to the emergence of a new input that is usually omitted: temporary agency worker (TAW). The study analyzes labor productivity and TFP by means of a structural approach using a representative dataset of German...

Das Diskussionspapier bietet eine Zusammenfassung der Literatur zu den Beschäftigungsformen Werkverträge, Leiharbeit und Solo-Selbstständigkeit. Im Mittelpunkt stehen Branchenspezifika und die empirischen Ergebnisse der jeweiligen Studien. Von zentraler Bedeutung sind die Fragen nach dem...

Fitting duration models on an inflow sample of jobs in Germany starting in 2002-2010, this paper investigates the impact of employers' use of temporary agency work on regular workers' job stability. In line with dual labour market theory, I find that non-temp jobs are significantly more stable...

Focusing on the cost-reducing motive behind the use of temporary agency employment, this paper aims at providing a better theoretical understanding of the effects of temporary agency work on the wage-setting process, trade unions' rents, firms' profits and employment. It is shown that trade...

This paper evaluates the impact on temporary agency workers' job satisfaction of a reform that considerably changed regulations covering the temporary help service sector in Germany. We isolate the causal effect of this reform by combining a difference-in-difference and matching approach and...

Focusing on the cost-reducing motive behind the use of temporary agency employment, this paper aims at providing a better theoretical understanding of the effects of temporary agency work on the wage-setting process, trade unions' rents, firms' profits and employment. It is shown that trade...

Bisherige Studien zur Leiharbeit haben sich primär mit den Arbeitsbedingungen sowie den strategischen Einsatzgründen der Leiharbeit befasst. In diesem Beitrag wird versucht, erste Erkenntnisse zum Leistungsverhalten von Leiharbeitnehmern zu erhalten. Der Arbeitsmarkt für Profifußballer...

This paper evaluates the impact on temporary agency workers' job satisfaction of a reform that considerably relaxed regulations covering the temporary help service sector in Germany. We isolate the causal effect of this reform by combining a difference-in-difference and matching approach and...

This paper evaluates the impact on temporary agency workers' job satisfaction of a reform that considerably changed regulations covering the temporary help service sector in Germany. We isolate the causal effect of this reform by combining a difference-in-difference and matching approach and...

Temporary agency work has expanded in most advanced economies since the 1990s, but its growth has been controversial. Some argue that these jobs offer experience and contact with potential employers, serving as a path to regular employment, particularly for low-skilled workers. Others view them...

Temporary workers make up a sizeable part of the labor force in many countries and typically receive wages that are significantly lower than their permanent counterparts. This paper uses an efficiency wage model to explain the wage gap between temporary and permanent workers. High-performing...

This paper provides a critique of Faccini (2014) that allegedly shows that temporary contracts lead to lower unemployment in Europe. Using Faccini's data and his estimation methods, we show that the Fixed Effects estimation results collapse when we make slight alterations in the sample size or...

Leiharbeit wird seit längerem immer häufiger genutzt, um Personalausfälle bzw. Auftragsspitzen abzufedern, aber auch um sich strategisch gegen unsichere Absatzmärkte abzusichern. Neuerdings scheint darüber hinaus der Einsatz von Werkverträgen an Bedeutung zu gewinnen. Daraus ergeben sich...

Untersucht wurden Beschäftigungsbedingungen der Leiharbeit (LA) sowie Übergänge von Arbeitslosigkeit (AL) in LA und Beschäftigung außerhalb der LA. Es wurde versucht das Konzept der Nachhaltigkeit auf die LA anzuwenden mit einem Betrachtungszeitraum von 2001 bis 2012 und unter Nutzung...

Im Jahr 2010 wechselten gut 230.000 Personen, die zuvor in der Arbeitnehmerüberlassung tätig waren, in den Bezug von Arbeitslosengeld I. Ihr Anteil an allen Zugängen in den Leistungsbezug nach SGB III betrug 11 Prozent. Von den zuvor vollzeitbeschäftigten Personen kamen 79 Prozent aus dem...