The impact of temporary agency work on trade union wage setting : a theoretical analysis

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dc.contributor.authorBaudy, Philippde
dc.contributor.authorBeißinger, Thomasde
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-08T08:51:06Z
dc.date.available2024-04-08T08:51:06Z
dc.date.created2015-04-09
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractFocusing on the cost-reducing motive behind the use of temporary agency employment, this paper aims at providing a better theoretical understanding of the effects of temporary agency work on the wage-setting process, trade unions’ rents, firms’ profits and employment. It is shown that trade unions may find it optimal to accept lower wages to prevent firms from using temporary agency workers. Hence, the firms’ option to use agency workers may affect wage setting also in those firms that only employ regular workers. However, if firms decide to employ agency workers, trade union wage claims will increase for the (remaining) regular workers. An intensive use of temporary agency workers in high-wage firms may therefore be the cause and not the consequence of the high wage level in those firms. Even though we assume monopoly unions that ascribe the highest possible wage-setting power to the unions, the economic rents of trade unions decline because of the firms’ option to use temporary agency work, whereas firms’ profits may increase.en
dc.identifier.swb428654460
dc.identifier.urihttps://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/5895
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:bsz:100-opus-10664
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofseriesHohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences; 2015,01
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dc.subjectTrade unionsen
dc.subjectTemporary agency worken
dc.subjectWage-setting processen
dc.subjectLabour market segmentationen
dc.subjectDual labour marketsen
dc.subject.ddc330
dc.subject.gndLohnpolitikde
dc.subject.gndZeitarbeitde
dc.titleThe impact of temporary agency work on trade union wage setting : a theoretical analysisde
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local.export.bibtex@techreport{Baudy2015, url = {https://hohpublica.uni-hohenheim.de/handle/123456789/5895}, author = {Baudy, Philipp and Beißinger, Thomas}, title = {The impact of temporary agency work on trade union wage setting : a theoretical analysis}, year = {2015}, school = {Universität Hohenheim}, series = {Hohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences}, }
local.export.bibtexAuthorBaudy, Philipp and Beißinger, Thomas
local.export.bibtexKeyBaudy2015
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local.faculty.number3de
local.institute.number520de
local.opus.number1066
local.series.issueNumber2015,01
local.series.titleHohenheim discussion papers in business, economics and social sciences
local.universityUniversität Hohenheimde
local.university.facultyFaculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciencesen
local.university.facultyFakultät Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftende
local.university.instituteInstitute for Economicsen
local.university.instituteInstitut für Volkswirtschaftslehrede

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