Temporary Agency Work and Firm Performance: A Replication Study with Extensions

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Temporary Agency Work and Firm Performance: A Replication Study with Extensions. / Pfeifer, Christian; Weche, John P.
In: Jahrbucher für Nationalokonomie und Statistik, Vol. 240, No. 4, 01.08.2020, p. 455-465.

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title = "Temporary Agency Work and Firm Performance: A Replication Study with Extensions",
abstract = "The authors analyze the nexus between temporary agency work (TAW) and firm performance. Compared to Hirsch and Mueller (2012, The Productivity Effect of Temporary Agency Work: Evidence from German Panel Data. Economic Journal 122 (562): F216-F235) and Nielen and Schiersch (2014, Temporary Agency Work and Firm Competitiveness: Evidence from German Manufacturing Firms. Industrial Relations 53: 365-393), the authors support a concave relationship between the TAW share and productivity, but find a convex relationship between the TAW share and unit labor costs, instead of a u-shape. Moreover, a new finding is that the correlation between the TAW share and profitability is only moderate.",
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