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Labour market dualism and the heterogeneous wage gap for temporary employment : a multilevel study across 30 countries

Fauser, Sophia; Gebel, Michael - 2023

This study investigates the hourly wage gap between 25-55 year old temporary and permanent employees across 30 countries worldwide based on Luxembourg Income Study data from 2000-2019 supplemented by other survey data. Two-stage multilevel regressions reveal wage disadvantages for temporary...

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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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The Challenge of Temporary Work in Twenty-First Century Labor Markets : Flexibility with Fairness for the Low-Wage Temporary Workforce

Freeman, Harris - 2011

As the Commonwealth wrestles with the social and economic aftershocks of the worst economic recession in 80 years, the widespread use of temporary staffing arrangements is a sober reminder that the “standard” employment relationship, a cornerstone of the prosperity of the post-World War II...

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Labor market dualism and the heterogeneous wage gap for temporary employment : a multilevel study across 30 countries

Fauser, Sophia; Gebel, Michael - In: Socio-economic review 21 (2023) 4, pp. 2069-2091

This study investigates the hourly wage gap between 25- and 55-year-old temporary and permanent employees across 30 countries worldwide based on Luxembourg Income Study data from 2000 to 2019 supplemented by other survey data. Two-stage multilevel regressions reveal wage disadvantages for...

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Leiharbeit und befristete Beschäftigung : neue Formen sozialer Gefährdung oder Chance auf Arbeitsmarktintegration?

Linne, Gudrun (ed.); Vogel, Berthold (contributor) - 2003

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Leiharbeit und befristete Beschäftigung : neue Formen sozialer Gefährdung oder Chance auf Arbeitsmarktintegration?

Linne, Gudrun (ed.); Vogel, Berthold (ed.) - 2003

"Leiharbeit und befristete Beschäftigung. Neue Formen sozialer Gefährdung oder Chance auf Arbeitsmarktintegration?" stellen …Befristete Arbeitsverhältnisse und Leiharbeit werden zunehmend zu Hoffnungsträgern der Arbeitsmarkt- und … Leiharbeit erweitert. Und das seit Jahresbeginn 2003 gültige "Erste Gesetz für moderne Dienstleistungen am Arbeitsmarkt …

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Temporary Employment Agencies : A Route for Immigrants to Enter the Labour Market?

Andersson, Pernilla; Wadensjo, Eskil - 2021

We study immigrants in temporary employment agencies in Sweden using a unique data set that covers all aged 16-64 who were employed by temporary employment agencies (TEAs) in Sweden in November 1999, with information on their employment status in 1998 and 2000. We find that young people, women,...

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Labour as a buffer : do temporary workers suffer?

Booth, Alison L.; Francesconi, Marco; Frank, Jeff - 2002

In this paper, we investigate whether or not there is an equal opportunities dimension to regulating equal pay and conditions for temporary work. We develop a "buffer stock" model of temporary work that suggests a number of reasons why ethnic minorities and women may be more likely to be on...

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Effects of spatial characteristics on non-standard employment for Canada's immigrant population

Ali, Waad; Agyekum, Boadi; Al Nasiri, Noura; Abulibdeh, … - In: Economies : open access journal 11 (2023) 4, pp. 1-17

Using microdata from Statistics Canada's Labour Force Survey (LFS) and Population Census, this paper explores how spatial characteristics are correlated with temporary employment outcomes for Canada's immigrant population. Results from ordinary least square regression models suggest that census...

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How can temporary work agencies provide more training? : staffing agencies could play a more prominent role in the provision of training for the low qualified and previously unempl...

Spermann, Alexander - 2016

Temporary work agencies use training as a recruitment and retention argument when qualified labor is scarce. However, short job assignments present a major obstacle for employers and employees to increase investment in training. As temporary agency workers are mainly low-qualified and often...

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