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Costs and beneftis of temporary contracts
Engellandt, Axel - 2005
Applying data from 13 waves of the Swiss Labor Force Survey (1991-2003) I assess costs and benefits of fixed-term contracts. First, I analyze the existence of a contract related wage gap and the effort response of temporary employees in terms of unpaid overtime hours. Second, I investigate...
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Temporary Contracts and Employee Effort
Engellandt, Axel; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2021
Temporary contracts provide employers with a tool to screen potential new employees and have been shown to provide "stepping stones" into permanent employment for workers. For both reasons workers on temporary contracts have an incentive to provide more effort than permanent employees. Using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319929
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Temporary agency work and firm performance : evidence from German establishment-level panel data
Beckmann, Michael; Kuhn, Dieter - 2009
This paper empirically examines the impact of temporary agency work on firm performance using panel data from German establishments. Thereby, special attention is devoted to the question, whether there are performance differences between firms using temporary agency workers (TAWs) as a buffer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003891298
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Temporärbeschäftigung und Unternehmenserfolg : eine empirische Untersuchung anhand schweizerischer und deutscher Firmendaten
Beckmann, Michael; Kuhn, Dieter - 2009
repräsentativer Datensätze für Unternehmen in der Schweiz respektive für Betriebe in Deutschland. Besonderes Augenmerk wird auf die …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003891707
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The Effects of International Migration on Well-Being of Natives and Immigrants : Evidence from Germany, Switzerland and the UK
Giovanis, Eleftherios - 2023
micro-level data derived from household surveys in Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. We estimate various … migrants’ well-being in Germany, while a negative effect on life satisfaction of Swiss natives is revealed. Immigrants in … net migration rates may negatively affect the well-being of respondents in Germany. The findings have social and economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014263243
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Temporary Agency Work and Firm Performance: Evidence from German Establishment-Level Panel Data
Beckmann, Michael; Kuhn, Dieter - 2009
This paper empirically examines the impact of temporary agency work on firm performance using panel data from German establishments. Thereby, special attention is devoted to the question, whether there are performance differences between firms using temporary agency workers (TAWs) as a buffer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390637
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Temporary contracts and employee effort
Engellandt, Axel; Riphahn, Regina T. - In: Labour economics : official journal of the European … 12 (2005) 3, pp. 281-299
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Temporary contracts and employee effort
Engellandt, Axel (contributor);  … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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Temporary contracts and employee effort
Engellandt, Axel; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001901970
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Job satisfaction and flexicurity over the business cycle : evidence from Swiss individual-level data
Baruffini, Moreno; Origo, Federica - 2014 - Version: July 14 2014
The effects on employment of the recent economic crisis have become evident and persistent in many OECD countries, exacerbating on the one hand the demand for more flexibility by the firms; on the other the need to ensure workers security. 'Flexicurity', an institutional frame implementing a...
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