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We aim to explain the rising share of short-term employment in Europe using a matching model with growth. We find that a slowdown in growth of labour productivity leads to the emergence of temporary jobs and then explains their increasing share in total employment.
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Three workable strategies are proposed for companies where production is dependent on skilled labour: lowering standards for new recruits; retraining; retraining a core workforce and making strategic use of contract manufacturers. The benefits of the third strategy are discussed.
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women, immigrant workers and poorly educated workers with temporary contracts. The Dutch government has always claimed that … the pattern of transition to permanent contracts? What are the consequences for wage rates for those on permanent or … flexible contracts respectively? The answers to these questions are provided using panel data for the period 1986-96. The …
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In this essay, I will identify one theoretical source of the common antipathy towards form contracts and why it is … misguided. I contend that the hostility towards form contracts stems in important part from an implicit adoption of a promise … contracts can be seen as entirely legitimate-though some form terms may properly be subject to judicial scrutiny that would be …
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