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2016
Deregulation of temporary agency employment in a unionized economy : does this really lead to a substitution of regular employment
Deregulation of temporary agency employment in a unionized economy : does this really lead to a substitution of regular employment
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There have been continuous deregulation efforts concerning temporary agency employment in almost all European countries aiming at an increasing
exibility in the European labor markets. This paper theoretically investigates the effects of a legal deregulation of temporary agency employment on wage setting and the employment structure in a unionized economy with labor market frictions. Multiple-worker firms bargain simultaneously with temporary agencies and labor unions to determine the respective labor costs. It is shown that there is a hump-shaped relationship between the degree of legal deregulation of temporary agency employment and the rate of temporary employment used in the production process. Temporary agency employment may even decrease despite its deregulation. Furthermore, regular employment monotonically increases, while individual workers and labor unions suffer from deregulation due to declining wages and a reduction in labor unions utility.
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Hohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences; 2016,06
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330 Economics