Labour as a Buffer: Do Temporary Workers Suffer?

Arbeitspapier

In this paper, we investigate whether or not there is an equal opportunities dimension to regulating equal pay and conditions for temporary work. We develop a ?buffer stock? model of temporary work that suggests a number of reasons why ethnic minorities and women may be more likely to be on fixed-term contracts than comparable white males. Using three different British datasets (a random representative survey of households and two data sets of specific labour market groups), we then estimate the degree to which women and/or ethnic minorities are more likely to be on temporary contracts and estimate any associated wage differentials.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 673

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: General ; Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure ; Labor Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs
• Thema: wages ; temporary employment ; agency and fixed-term work ; equal opportunities ; Leiharbeit ; Arbeitsnachfrage ; Buffer-Stock-Ansatz ; Arbeitsmarktdiskriminierung ; Frauenerwerbstätigkeit ; Ethnische Gruppe ; Arbeitsverhältnis ; Schätzung ; Großbritannien

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Francesconi, Marco ; Booth, Alison L. ; Frank, Jeff
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (wo): Bonn
• (wann): 2003

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20821
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ