@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp10579,
            	author={Giuliano, Romina and Kampelmann, Stephan and Mahy, Benoît and Rycx, François},
            	title={Short Notice, Big Difference? The Effect of Temporary Employment on Firm Competitiveness across Sectors},
            	year={2017},
	month={Feb},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={10579},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp10579},
	abstract={This paper is one of the first to examine how the use of fixed-term employment contracts (FTCs) affects firm competitiveness (i.e. productivity, wages and profits) while controlling for key econometric issues such as time-invariant unobserved workplace characteristics, endogeneity and state dependence. We apply dynamic panel data estimation techniques to detailed Belgian linked employer-employee data covering all years from 1999 to 2010. Results show that the effects of FTCs on firm competitiveness vary across sectors: while temporary employment is found to enhance productivity and profits in (labour-intensive) services, this is not the case in manufacturing and construction.},
	keywords={fixed-term contracts;productivity;wages;profits;sectors;linked panel data},
            }