%0 Report
        %A Addison, John T.
%A Teixeira, Paulino
%A Grunau, Philipp
%A Bellmann, Lutz
        %T Worker Representation and Temporary Employment in Germany: The Deployment and Extent of Fixed-Term Contracts and Temporary Agency Work
        %D 2018
        %8 2018 Mar
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 11378
        %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp11378
        %X This study examines the potential impact of works councils and unions on the deployment of fixed-term contracts and agency temps. We report inter al. that works councils are associated with a higher number of temporary agency workers when demand volatility is high while the opposite holds for fixed-term contracts. These disparities likely reflect differences in function, with agency work being more directed toward the protection of a shrinking core and fixed-term contacts being as much a port of entry as a buffer stock. We are also able to identify the number of new hires with a fixed-term contract as well as the number of FTC conversions (into regular employment) and renewals, the correlates of which flows are broadly consistent with the stock data.
        %K complementarity
%K demand volatility
%K collective bargaining
%K agency temps
%K fixed-term contracts
%K stepping stones
%K buffer stocks
%K labor market duality
%K extensive/intensive margins
%K works councils
%K unions
%K Germany