Temporary Help Work: Earnings, Wages, and Multiple Job Holding

Temporary help services (THS) employment has been growing in size, particularly among disadvantaged workers. An extended policy debate focuses on the low earnings, limited benefits, and insecurity that such jobs appear to provide. We investigate the earnings and wage differentials observed between T...

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Veröffentlicht in:Industrial relations (Berkeley) 2014-01, Vol.53 (1), p.72-100
Hauptverfasser: Hamersma, Sarah, Heinrich, Carolyn, Mueser, Peter
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Temporary help services (THS) employment has been growing in size, particularly among disadvantaged workers. An extended policy debate focuses on the low earnings, limited benefits, and insecurity that such jobs appear to provide. We investigate the earnings and wage differentials observed between THS and other jobs in a sample of disadvantaged workers. We find lower quarterly earnings at THS jobs but a $1 per hour wage premium. We reconcile these findings in terms of the shorter duration and lower hours worked at THS jobs. We interpret the premium as a compensating wage differential.
ISSN:0019-8676
1468-232X
DOI:10.1111/irel.12047