Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/62511 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 6759
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Temporary Help Services (THS) employment has been growing in size, particularly among disadvantaged workers, and in importance in balancing cyclical fluctuations in labor demand. Does THS employment provide some benefits to disadvantaged workers, or divert them from better jobs? We investigate whether THS jobs pay a compensating differential, as would be expected for relatively undesirable jobs. We also address multiple job-holding, exploring whether workers get stuck in THS jobs. We find lower quarterly earnings at THS jobs relative to others, but a $1 per hour wage premium. We reconcile these findings by examining hours worked at THS and traditional jobs.
Subjects: 
temporary employment
compensating differential
quarterly earnings
wages
multiple jobs
JEL: 
J3
J4
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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