J32 - Nonwage Labor Costs and Benefits; Private Pensions

• Stability versus Flexibility: The Role of Temporary Employment in Labour Adjustment

  Staff Working Paper 2010-27 Shutao Cao, Danny Leung

  In Canada, temporary workers account for 14 per cent of jobs in the non-farm business sector, are present in a range of industries, and account for 40 per cent of the total job reallocation. Yet most models of job reallocation abstract from temporary workers.

  Content Type(s): Staff Research, Staff Working Papers Topic(s): Labour markets, Productivity JEL Code(s): D, D2, D24, J, J3, J32