Worker representation and temporary employment in Germany * the deployment and extent of fixed-term contracts and temporary agency work
Addison JT, Teixeira P, Grunau P, Bellmann L (2018)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Other publication type
Publication year: 2018
Publisher: IZA Institute of Labor Economics
Series: IZA discussion paper
City/Town: Bonn
Book Volume: 11378
Pages Range: 48
Abstract
"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 fixed-term contracts. These disparities likely reflect differences in function, with agency work being more directed toward the protection of a shrinking core and fixed-term contacts being as much a port of entry as a buffer stock. We are also able to identify the number of new hires with a fixed-term contract as well as the number of FTC conversions (into regular employment) and renewals, the correlates of which flows are broadly consistent with the stock data." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
Authors with CRIS profile
Philipp Grunau
Lehrstuhl für Volkswirtschaftslehre, insbesondere Arbeitsökonomie (Stiftungslehrstuhl)
Lutz Bellmann
Lehrstuhl für Volkswirtschaftslehre, insbesondere Arbeitsökonomie (Stiftungslehrstuhl)
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Portugal (PT)How to cite
APA:
Addison, J.T., Teixeira, P., Grunau, P., & Bellmann, L. (2018). Worker representation and temporary employment in Germany * the deployment and extent of fixed-term contracts and temporary agency work. Bonn: IZA Institute of Labor Economics.
MLA:
Addison, John T., et al. Worker representation and temporary employment in Germany * the deployment and extent of fixed-term contracts and temporary agency work. Bonn: IZA Institute of Labor Economics, 2018.
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