.16 and 0.34, respectively), and controlling for employment size further reduces them (to 0.07 and 0.28). We also exploit the …

emigrants are disproportionately young and skilled, and that individuals suffering a layoff or non-employment spell are also …

costs of the public plants may reflect their internalization of social costs of employment adjustment. Domestic private …

Based on administrative data from the federal employment services in Germany, this paper applies statistical matching … techniques to estimate the stepping-stone function to regular employment of temporary help work for unemployed job seekers. Our … of employment outside temporary help work over a four-year period. Neither, however, do they suffer from future greater …

The high incidence of temporary agency employment among participants in government employment programs has catalyzed … debate about whether these jobs help the poor transition into stable employment and out of poverty. We provide direct …. Our findings raise questions about the incentive structure of many government employment programs that emphasize rapid …

The Bureau of Labor Statistics has reported an extraordinary increase in temporary help supply (THS) employment during … the growth in THS employment is attributed to a change in the hiring behavior of firms, rather than to a disproportional …