Feature: Flexible Forms of Employment: Boon and Bane

Jahn E, Riphahn RT, Schnabel C (2012)

Publication Type: Journal article, Original article

Publication year: 2012

Journal

The Economic Journal Wiley-Blackwell

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Book Volume: 122

Pages Range: F115-F124

Abstract

In recent decades, economic policy makers across Europe have sought to increase labour market flexibility by promoting the use of temporary employment. The articles in this Feature provide new results on how fixed-term and agency work contracts affect firm productivity and how the segments of two-tier labour markets interact. This article points to a possible trade-off between efficiency and equity when deregulating labour markets. Taken together, the evidence presented in this Feature suggests that flexible forms of employment can be both a boon and a bane for labour markets and for society as a whole. © 2012 Royal Economic Society.

Authors with CRIS profile

Elke Jahn Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften Regina Therese Riphahn Lehrstuhl für Statistik und empirische Wirtschaftsforschung Claus Schnabel Lehrstuhl für Volkswirtschaftslehre, insbesondere Arbeitsmarkt- und Regionalpolitik

How to cite

APA:

Jahn, E., Riphahn, R.T., & Schnabel, C. (2012). Feature: Flexible Forms of Employment: Boon and Bane. The Economic Journal, 122, F115-F124.

MLA:

Jahn, Elke, Regina Therese Riphahn, and Claus Schnabel. "Feature: Flexible Forms of Employment: Boon and Bane." The Economic Journal 122 (2012): F115-F124.

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