Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/51930 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 5574
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper presents the first empirical evidence on the effect of the threat of unionisation on the use of a predominantly non-union type of employment, i.e. temporary employment. The identification strategy exploits an exogenous variation in union threat induced in the UK by new legislation enabling unions to obtain recognition even against the will of the management. The analysis finds no evidence of an effect on the probability that a firm employs fixed-term workers, and some weak evidence of a negative effect on the probability of using agency workers. Overall, therefore, there is no support for the hypothesis that firms under the threat of unionisation are more likely to use this type of non-union employment.
Subjects: 
temporary employment
union threat
difference in difference
JEL: 
J51
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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