Despite the fact that worker quits are often associated with wage gains and higher overall job satisfaction, many workers quit once again within one or two years after changing jobs initially. Such repeated job quit behavior may arise as a stepping stone to better quality jobs (Burdett, 1978) or...

This paper addresses the issue of the presence and the extent of equalizing differences between temporary and permanent workers. The assumption of perfect competition in the labour market is directly questioned and a simple duopsonistic model is developed with the aim of capturing the main...

This paper addresses the applicability of the theory of equalizing differences (Rosen, 1987) in a market in which temporary and permanent workers co-exist. The assumption of perfect competition in the labour market is directly questioned and a model is developed in which the labour market is...