Looking beyond the bridge: How temporary agency employment affects labor market outcomes

Elke Jahn and Michael Rosholm

No 201009, IAB-Discussion Paper from Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]

Abstract: "We perform a comprehensive analysis of the stepping-stone effect of temporary agency employment on unemployed workers. Using the timing-of-events approach, we not only investigate whether agency employment is a bridge into regular em-ployment but also analyze its effect on post-unemployment wages and job stability for unemployed Danish workers. We find evidence of large positive treatment effects, particularly for immigrants. There is also some indication that higher treatment intensity increases the likelihood of leaving unemployment for regular jobs. Our results show that agency employment is even more effective in tight labor markets, where firms use agency employment primarily to screen potential candidates for permanent posts. Finally, our results suggest that agency employment may improve subsequent match quality in terms of wages and job duration." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Keywords: Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Dänemark; Auswirkungen; berufliche Reintegration; beruflicher Verbleib; Beschäftigungseffekte; Leiharbeit; Lohnhöhe; Arbeitslose; Arbeitslosigkeitsdauer; Arbeitsmarktchancen; 1994-2006 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C41 J30 J40 J64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 39 pages
Date: 2010
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Published in/as: European Economic Review, online first (2013), S. 108-125, doi:10.1016/j.euroecorev.2013.11.001

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