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Journal of Economic Literature

ISSN 0022-0515 (Print) | ISSN 2328-8175 (Online)

Temporary Employment in Markets with Frictions

  • Tito Boeri
  • Pietro Garibaldi
Journal of Economic Literature
vol. 62, no. 3, September 2024
(pp. 1143–85)
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Abstract

Temporary employment has spiked in OECD countries over the last 40 years and is now a common feature of their labor market landscape. A large body of empirical literature examines the spread of temporary employment, but no systematic review and interpretation of its findings in light of economic theory exists. This survey aims at filling this gap by interpreting the key empirical results based on the predictions of the macro models in markets with frictions developed to address specific features of temporary employment. Revisions of workhorse models used so far to analyze temporary employment are also suggested.

Citation

Boeri, Tito, and Pietro Garibaldi. 2024. "Temporary Employment in Markets with Frictions." Journal of Economic Literature, 62 (3): 1143–85. DOI: 10.1257/jel.20231655

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JEL Classification

  • J22 Time Allocation and Labor Supply
  • J31 Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
  • J41 Labor Contracts
  • J81 Labor Standards: Working Conditions
  • J83 Labor Standards: Workers' Rights
  • K31 Labor Law