Temporary Agency Work and the Great Recession

Daniel Baumgarten and Michael Kvasnicka

No 9913, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

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: establishment data; temporary agency work; short-time work; economic crisis; employment adjustment; labour demand (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E32 J23 J68 L23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26 pages
Date: 2016-04
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Published - published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2017, 136, 29-44

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