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The Japanese labour market during the global financial crisis and the role of non-standard work : a micro perspective

Hijzen, Alexander; Kanbayashi, Ryō; Teruyama, Hiroshi; … - 2015 - Forthcoming in: Journal of the Japanese and International Economies

This paper analyses aggregate labour dynamics during the global financial crisis in Japan and the role of nonstandard work using micro data. The analysis proceeds in two steps. First, using comprehensive establishment-level datasets for the period 1991-2009, it provides a detailed portrait of...

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Non-standard employment across occupations in Germany : the role of replaceability and labour market flexibility

Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul; Tobsch, Verena - 2013

The share of non-standard jobs in total employment has increased in Germany over recent decades. Research tends to … development in Germany is a large occupational heterogeneity, which is true for both current working conditions and trajectories … analyses the role of different types of non-standard employment across occupations in Germany, explaining variation between …

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Worker representation and temporary employment in Germany : the deployment and extent of fixed-term contracts and temporary agency work

Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino; Grunau, Philipp; … - 2018

This study examines the potential impact of works councils and unions on the deployment of fixed-term contracts and agency temps. We report inter al. that works councils are associated with a higher number of temporary agency workers when demand volatility is high while the opposite holds for...

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Temporary contracts and young workers' job satisfaction in Italy

Bruno, Giovanni; Caroleo, Floro Ernesto; Dessy, Orietta - 2013

The Italian process of flexibilization of the labour market has created a dual market populated by protected permanent employees and unprotected temporary workers. The latter comprises not only temporary employment relationships but also autonomous collaborations used by firms as low-cost de...

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Contingent employment and labour market pathways : bridge or trap?

McVicar, Duncan; Wooden, Mark; Fok, Yin King - 2017

The debate over whether contingent (and typically more precarious) employment acts as a bridge to permanent employment, or as a trap, has tended to focus on transitions rather than longer-run pathways. This approach cannot accurately identify indirect pathways from contingent to permanent...

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Recent developments in the Irish labour market : is it all good news?

Kelly, Elish; Barrett, Alan - 2017

Across many countries, the rise of atypical work has been noted whereby employees are increasingly in less secure contractual situations. While this might lead to more flexible labour markets, there are potential downsides for individuals. We explore the prevalence of atypical work in Ireland...

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Non-standard "contingent" employment and job satisfaction : a panel data analysis

Buddelmeyer, Hielke; McVicar, Duncan; Wooden, Mark - 2013

It is widely assumed that contingent forms of employment, such as fixed-term contracts, labour-hire and casual employment, are associated with low quality jobs. This hypothesis is tested using data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey, a nationally...

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The effect of non-standard employment on mental health in Britain

Bardasi, Elena; Francesconi, Marco - 2000

This paper explores the relationship between non-standard types of employment and mental health. The analysis uses data on workers from the first seven waves of the British Household Panel Study, 1991-97. Four different types of non-standard employment (non-standard contracts, places, times, and...

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Are estimates of non-standard employment wage penalties robust to different wage measures? : the case of zero hours contracts in the UK

Farina, Egidio; Green, Colin; McVicar, Duncan - 2020

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...

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Reassessing labour market reforms : a critique

Junankar, Pramod N.; Jayanthakumaran, Muhunthan - 2014

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...

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