TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Addison, John T.
AU  - Teixeira, Paulino
AU  - Grunau, Philipp
AU  - Bellmann, Lutz
        TI  - Worker Representation and Temporary Employment in Germany: The Deployment and Extent of Fixed-Term Contracts and Temporary Agency Work
        PY  - 2018/Mar/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 11378
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp11378
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - complementarity
KW  - demand volatility
KW  - collective bargaining
KW  - agency temps
KW  - fixed-term contracts
KW  - stepping stones
KW  - buffer stocks
KW  - labor market duality
KW  - extensive/intensive margins
KW  - works councils
KW  - unions
KW  - Germany
        ER  -