Temporary agency work and the Great Recession

Daniel Baumgarten and Michael Kvasnicka

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2017, vol. 136, issue C, 29-44

Abstract: We investigate with German data how the use of temporary agency work has helped establishments to manage the economic and financial crisis in 2008/09. We examine the (regular) workforce development, use of short-time work, and business performance of establishments that made differential use of temporary agency work prior to the crisis. Overall, our results suggest that establishments with a greater use of temporary agency work coped better with the sharp decline in demand and made less frequent use of government-sponsored short-time work schemes.

Keywords: Labour demand; Employment adjustment; Economic crisis; Temporary agency work; Short-time work; Establishment data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E32 J23 J68 L23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2017.01.024

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