The Structure of the Wage Gap for Temporary Workers: Evidence from Australian Panel Data

Inga Laß () and Mark Wooden
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Inga Laß: Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung (BiB)

No 10670, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: This study uses panel data for Australia from the HILDA Survey to estimate the wage differential between workers in temporary jobs and workers in permanent jobs. Specifically, unconditional quantile regression methods with fixed effects are used to examine how this gap varies over the entire wages distribution. While fixed-term contract workers are on rates of pay that are similar to permanent workers, low-paid casual workers experience a wage penalty and high-paid casual workers a wage premium compared to their permanent counterparts. Finally, temporary agency workers usually receive a wage premium, which is particularly large for the most well paid.

Keywords: temporary employment wages; HILDA Survey; quantile regression; longitudinal data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C21 C23 J31 J41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 2017-03
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Published - published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2019, 57(3), 453-478.

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