%0 Report %A Jahn, Elke J. %A Rosholm, Michael %T Is Temporary Agency Employment a Stepping Stone for Immigrants? %D 2012 %8 2012 Mar %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) %C Bonn %7 IZA Discussion Paper %N 6405 %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp6405 %X We investigate whether agency employment is a bridge into regular employment for immigrants to Denmark using the timing-of-events approach. We provide evidence of large positive in-treatment effects, particularly for non-western immigrants and immigrants arriving during childhood. Post-treatment effects are fairly high for male non-western immigrants and immigrants from Eastern Europe. %K stepping stone %K temporary agency employment %K immigrants