The Wage of Temporary Agency Workers

Bergeaud, Antonin; Cahuc, Pierre; ClÃ©ment, Malgouyres,; Signorelli, Sara; Zuber, Thomas

The Wage of Temporary Agency Workers

Antonin Bergeaud, Pierre Cahuc, Malgouyres, ClÃ©ment, Sara Signorelli and Thomas Zuber

No 19261, CEPR Discussion Papers from C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers

Abstract: Using French administrative data we estimate the wage gap distribution between in-house and temporary agency workers working in the same establishment and the same occupation. The average wage gap is about 3% in favor of in-house workers, but the gap is negative in more than 25% of establishment Ã— occupation cells. We develop and estimate a search and matching model which shows that while the wage gap is largely inefficient, eliminating it reduces efficiency, as it also arises from objective factors that contribute to the efficient allocation of jobs.

Keywords: Labor market frictions; Wage gap; Temporary work agency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J24 J31 J64 J65 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-07
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