@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp11378,
            	author={Addison, John T. and Teixeira, Paulino and Grunau, Philipp and Bellmann, Lutz},
            	title={Worker Representation and Temporary Employment in Germany: The Deployment and Extent of Fixed-Term Contracts and Temporary Agency Work},
            	year={2018},
	month={Mar},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={11378},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp11378},
	abstract={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.},
	keywords={complementarity;demand volatility;collective bargaining;agency temps;fixed-term contracts;stepping stones;buffer stocks;labor market duality;extensive/intensive margins;works councils;unions;Germany},
            }