The substitution effect of temporary agency employment

Abstract

"This policy brief investigates whether temporary agency employment creates additional jobs or crowds out regular employment. We show that a positive shock to temporary agency employment reduces regular employment but increases overall employment. For instance, a rise in temporary agency employment of 200,000, as observed in boom years like 2006 or 2010, would substitute 100,000 regular jobs, but also leave a net gain of 100,000 jobs." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Cite article

Jahn, E. & Weber, E. (2013): Zeitarbeit: Zusätzliche Jobs, aber auch Verdrängung. (IAB-Kurzbericht 02/2013), Nürnberg, 6 p.