Temporary Agency Work and Firm Performance: A Replication Study with Extensions

Christian Pfeifer; John P. Weche

doi:10.1515/jbnst-2018-0038

Temporary Agency Work and Firm Performance: A Replication Study with Extensions

Christian Pfeifer
, John P. Weche^*

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Abstract

The authors analyze the nexus between temporary agency work (TAW) and firm performance. Compared to Hirsch and Mueller (2012, The Productivity Effect of Temporary Agency Work: Evidence from German Panel Data. Economic Journal 122 (562): F216-F235) and Nielen and Schiersch (2014, Temporary Agency Work and Firm Competitiveness: Evidence from German Manufacturing Firms. Industrial Relations 53: 365-393), the authors support a concave relationship between the TAW share and productivity, but find a convex relationship between the TAW share and unit labor costs, instead of a u-shape. Moreover, a new finding is that the correlation between the TAW share and profitability is only moderate.

Originalsprache	Englisch
Zeitschrift	Jahrbucher für Nationalokonomie und Statistik
Jahrgang	240
Ausgabenummer	4
Seiten (von - bis)	455-465
Seitenumfang	11
ISSN	0021-4027
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/jbnst-2018-0038
Publikationsstatus	Erschienen - 01.08.2020

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Volkswirtschaftslehre und Ökonometrie
Betriebswirtschaft, Management und Rechnungswesen (insg.)

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Replication Data for Pfeifer/Weche "Temporary agency work and firm performance"
Pfeifer, C. (Urheber*in) & Weche, J. P. (Urheber*in), ZBW - Leibniz Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, 2019
DOI: 10.15456/jbnst.2019164.122159, https://doi.org/10.15456%2Fjbnst.2019164.122159
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