What do unions do to temporary employment?

Arbeitspapier

In the EU, one in seven employees work on temporary contracts associated with lower pay and less training. Using workplace-level data from 21 countries, I show that, in contrast with previous evidence for the US, unionized workplaces are more likely to use temporary employment across Europe. To address the endogeneity of unions, I then use a British dataset and exploit variation over time and across occupations to control for workplace unobserved heterogeneity. This confirms that unions contribute to creating contract duality in the labour market and thus do not limit the ability of firms to adjust employment through flexible contracts.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 4554

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Labor Contracts ; Trade Unions: Objectives, Structure, and Effects
• Subject: Temporary employment ; unions ; panel data ; Befristeter Arbeitsvertrag ; Gewerkschaftspolitik ; Betriebsvereinbarung ; Gewerkschaftlicher Organisationsgrad ; EU-Staaten ; Großbritannien

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Salvatori, Andrea
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2009

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/36069
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET