Flexibility, dual labour markets, and temporary employment – Empirical evidence from German establishment data
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In: Management Revue, Vol. 16, No. 3, 2005, p. 404-422.
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T1 - Flexibility, dual labour markets, and temporary employment – Empirical evidence from German establishment data
AU - Pfeifer, Christian
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - The study examines, what forms and instruments firms use to react flexibly to demand-induced output fluctuations, and, if they are used in a complementary or substitutable way. Empirical evidence shows a rather complementary relationship. Moreover, the determinants of temporary employment (fixed-term contracts and temporary agency work) and the impact of these flexible employment forms on job security and job stability of regular employment are analyzed. One result is that positive developments of sales covary with a higher probability and more wide-spread use of temporary employment, which concurs with dual labour market theory. But estimations for job security and job stability indicate that temporary employment does not lower the number of layoffs and quits as is proposed by the core-periphery hypothesis.
AB - The study examines, what forms and instruments firms use to react flexibly to demand-induced output fluctuations, and, if they are used in a complementary or substitutable way. Empirical evidence shows a rather complementary relationship. Moreover, the determinants of temporary employment (fixed-term contracts and temporary agency work) and the impact of these flexible employment forms on job security and job stability of regular employment are analyzed. One result is that positive developments of sales covary with a higher probability and more wide-spread use of temporary employment, which concurs with dual labour market theory. But estimations for job security and job stability indicate that temporary employment does not lower the number of layoffs and quits as is proposed by the core-periphery hypothesis.
KW - Economics
KW - flexibility
KW - dual labour markets
KW - Fixed-term contract
KW - Temporary Agency Work
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/6934e5db-a68e-3806-9d44-73971f3a5a55/
U2 - 10.5771/0935-9915-2005-3-404
DO - 10.5771/0935-9915-2005-3-404
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 16
SP - 404
EP - 422
JO - Management Revue
JF - Management Revue
SN - 0935-9915
IS - 3
ER -