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Draeger, Vanessa and Marx, Paul (2017). Do Firms Demand Temporary Workers When They Face Workload Fluctuation? Cross-Country Firm-Level Evidence. ILR Rev., 70 (4). S. 942 - 976. THOUSAND OAKS: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC. ISSN 2162-271X

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Abstract

The growth of temporary employment is one of the most important transformations of labor markets in the past decades. Theoretically, firms' exposure to short-term workload fluctuations is a major determinant of employing temporary workers when employment protection for permanent workers is high. The authors investigate this relationship empirically with establishment-level data in a broad comparative framework. They create two novel data sets by merging 1) data on 18,500 European firms with 2) measures of labor-market institutions for 20 countries. Results show that fluctuations increase the probability of hiring temporary workers by 8 percentage points in countries with strict employment protection laws. No such effect is observed in countries with weaker employment protections. Results are robust to subgroups, subsamples, and alternative estimation strategies.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Draeger, Vanessa UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Marx, Paul UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-224537
DOI:	10.1177/0019793916687718
Journal or Publication Title:	ILR Rev.
Volume:	70
Number:	4
Page Range:	S. 942 - 976
Date:	2017
Publisher:	SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
Place of Publication:	THOUSAND OAKS
ISSN:	2162-271X
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language FIXED-TERM CONTRACTS; EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION; LABOR DEMAND; REGULATIONS; REFORMS; IMPACT; WAGE; JOBS Multiple languages Industrial Relations & Labor Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/22453