Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/20821 
Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 673
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
In this paper, we investigate whether or not there is an equal opportunities dimension to regulating equal pay and conditions for temporary work. We develop a ?buffer stock? model of temporary work that suggests a number of reasons why ethnic minorities and women may be more likely to be on fixed-term contracts than comparable white males. Using three different British datasets (a random representative survey of households and two data sets of specific labour market groups), we then estimate the degree to which women and/or ethnic minorities are more likely to be on temporary contracts and estimate any associated wage differentials.
Subjects: 
wages
temporary employment
agency and fixed-term work
equal opportunities
JEL: 
J30
J21
J63
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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