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.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 673

Classification and Topics

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

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Francesconi, Marco ; Booth, Alison L. ; Frank, Jeff
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2003

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20821
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET