The Wage of Temporary Agency Workers

Bergeaud, Antonin; Cahuc, Pierre; Malgouyres, Clément; Signorelli, Sara; Zuber, Thomas

The Wage of Temporary Agency Workers

Antonin Bergeaud, Pierre Cahuc, Clément Malgouyres (), Sara Signorelli () and Thomas Zuber ()
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Clément Malgouyres: Institut des politiques publiques (PSE)
Sara Signorelli: Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
Thomas Zuber: Banque de France

No 1527, HEC Research Papers Series from HEC Paris

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%, but the gap is negative in more than 25% of establishment × 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: wage gap; temporary work agency; labor market frictions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J24 J31 J64 J65 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 83 pages
Date: 2024-07-10
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DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4889210

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