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Why do Russian firms use fixed-term and agency work contracts?

Smirnykh, Larisa; Wörgötter, Andreas - 2013

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Should the maximum duration of fixed-term contracts increase in recessions? : evidence from a law reform

Martins, Pedro S. - 2016

Fixed-term contracts (FTCs) may be an important tool to promote hirings and employment, particularly in recessions or when permanent contracts are costly. Therefore, it may be useful to let some of the legal parameters of FTCs (as well as those of other labour market institutions) vary...

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The importance of institutional and organizational characteristics for the use of fixed-term and agency work contracts in Russia

Smirnych, L. I.; Wörgötter, Andreas - 2016

-term contracts, if they have workers with tenure from 5 to 10 years and high job complexity. …

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The third worker : assessing the trade-off between employees and contractors

Martins, Pedro S. - 2016

Firms make labour demand decisions not only between permanent and non-permanent employees but also increasingly more between employees and contractors. Indeed, this third work format can be attractive, also when employment protection law is restrictive. This paper examines empirically this...

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Flexibility vs. rigidity : does Spain have the worst of both worlds?

Saint-Paul, Gilles (contributor) - 2000

characterize a number of empirical regularities and stylized facts. One striking result is that the job finding rate is slightly … higher than in France, while the job loss rate is much higher, putting Spain half-way between France and the US. This … suggests that while Spain has borne the full cost of its labor market reforms in terms of job precarity, the benefits in terms …

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The insider-outsider theory : a survey

Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - 2002

This article is an idiosyncratic survey of the insider-outsider theory, describing the vision underlying the theory, and evaluating salient contributions to the literature in the light of this vision. We also indicate what appear to have been dead-ends and red herrings in past research. The...

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Job-Specific Investment and the Cost of Dismissal Restrictions - the Case of Portugal

Takizawa, Hajime - 2006

of workers, with workers remaining longer in jobs. But the restrictions also tend to induce job-specific investments. A … cause substantial losses of labor productivity and consumption. Although lower worker mobility induces job …

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Measurement of Market Concentration Faced by Labor Pools : Theory and Evidence from Fast Food Chains in Rhode Island with No-Poaching Clauses

Levy, Daniel - 2018

Contractual restrictions on mobility of workers across units within a franchise – “no-poaching” clauses – have recently attracted attention. The restrictions are claimed to concentrate labor markets to the detriment of employees. Previous research has found that they do. However,...

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Employment effects of restricting fixed-term contracts: theory and evidence

Cahuc, Pierre; Carry, Pauline; Malherbet, Franck; … - 2022

This paper examines a labor law reform implemented in Portugal in 2009 which restricted the use of fixed-term contracts to reduce labor market segmentation. The reform targeted establishments created by large firms above a specific size threshold, covering about 15% of total employment. Drawing...

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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. - 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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