at Google ScholarTitle data
Busk, Henna ; Dauth, Christine ; Jahn, Elke:
Do changes in regulation affect temporary agency workers’ job satisfaction?
In: Industrial Relations.
Vol. 56
(2017)
Issue 3
.
- pp. 514-544.
ISSN 1468-232X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/irel.12184
Abstract in another language
This paper evaluates how a reform relaxing regulations of the temporary help service sector in Germany affected job satisfaction of male temporary agency workers. We isolate the causal effect of this reform by combining a difference-in-difference and matching approach using rich survey data. We find that the regulatory change substantially decreased agency workers’ job satisfaction while leaving regular workers’ job satisfaction unchanged. Further analysis reveals that the negative effect on agency workers’ job satisfaction can be attributed to a decrease in wages and an increase in perceived job insecurity. These results are robust to the use of different specifications and placebo tests.
Further data
| Item Type: | Article in a journal |
|---|---|
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Keywords: | temporary agency employment; deregulation; job satisfaction |
| Subject classification: | J28, J41, J88 |
| Institutions of the University: | Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Economics > Chair Labour Economics > Chair Labour Economics - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Elke Jahn Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Economics Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Economics > Chair Labour Economics |
| Result of work at the UBT: | Yes |
| DDC Subjects: | 300 Social sciences 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Mar 2018 07:42 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Sep 2022 13:54 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/42882 |