Firms’ Use of Temporary Employment and Permanent Workers’ Concerns about Job Security: Evidence from German Linked Employer-Employee Data

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Firms’ Use of Temporary Employment and Permanent Workers’ Concerns about Job Security: Evidence from German Linked Employer-Employee Data. / Pfeifer, Christian; Mohrenweiser, Jens.
In: Economies, Vol. 11, No. 8, 205, 01.08.2023.

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title = "Firms{\textquoteright} Use of Temporary Employment and Permanent Workers{\textquoteright} Concerns about Job Security: Evidence from German Linked Employer-Employee Data",
abstract = "This research note addresses the question of how permanent workers perceive their individual job security if their firm employs temporary workers with fixed-term contracts and temporary agency workers. One the one hand, the core-periphery hypothesis predicts that permanent workers should have fewer concerns about job security if the firm employs temporary workers to deal with demand fluctuations. On the other hand, a counteracting substitution effect might increase concerns about job security. Using linked employer-employee data and estimating regression models at the worker level with establishment fixed effects, evidence supports the core-periphery hypothesis for temporary agency work but not for fixed-term contracts.",
keywords = "core-periphery hypothesis, fixed-term contracts, job security, linked employer-employee data, temporary agency work, Economics",
author = "Christian Pfeifer and Jens Mohrenweiser",
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year = "2023",
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doi = "10.3390/economies11080205",
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