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The Role Of Temporary Agency Employment In Tight Labor Markets, Susan N. Houseman, Arne L. Kalleberg, George A. Erickcek
The Role Of Temporary Agency Employment In Tight Labor Markets, Susan N. Houseman, Arne L. Kalleberg, George A. Erickcek
Upjohn Institute Working Papers
This paper examines the reasons why employers used and even increased their use of temporary help agencies during the tight labor markets of the 1990s. Based on case study evidence from the hospital and auto supply industries, we evaluate various hypotheses for this phenomenon. In high-skilled occupations, our results are consistent with the view that employers paid substantially more to agency help to avoid raising wages for their regular workers and to fill vacancies while they recruited workers for permanent positions. In low-skilled occupations, our evidence suggests that temporary help agencies facilitated the use of more "risky" workers by lowering …
The Role Of Temporary Agency Employment In Tight Labor Markets, Susan Houseman, Arne Kalleberg
The Role Of Temporary Agency Employment In Tight Labor Markets, Susan Houseman, Arne Kalleberg
Susan N. Houseman
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The Role Of Temporary Agency Employment In Tight Labor Markets, Susan Houseman, Arne Kalleberg, George Erickcek
The Role Of Temporary Agency Employment In Tight Labor Markets, Susan Houseman, Arne Kalleberg, George Erickcek
Susan N. Houseman
No abstract provided.