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The Wage of Temporary Agency Workers

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  • Antonin Bergeaud

    (HEC Paris - Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales)

  • Pierre Cahuc

    (INSEE, ENSAE - Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Analyse Economique - Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Analyse Economique, UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, UA - Université d'Angers, CEPR - Center for Economic Policy Research, IZA - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit - Institute of Labor Economics)

  • Clément Malgouyres

    (IPP - Institut des politiques publiques)

  • Sara Signorelli

    (JST - Japan Science and Technology Agency)

  • Thomas Zuber

    (Banque de France - Banque de France - Banque de France)

Abstract

Using French administrative data we estimate the wage gap distribution between in-house and temporary agency workers working in the same establishment and the same occupation. The average wage gap is about 3%, but the gap is negative in more than 25% of establishment × occupation cells. We develop and estimate a search and matching model which shows that while the wage gap is largely inefficient, eliminating it reduces efficiency, as it also arises from objective factors that contribute to the efficient allocation of jobs.

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  • Antonin Bergeaud & Pierre Cahuc & Clément Malgouyres & Sara Signorelli & Thomas Zuber, 2024. "The Wage of Temporary Agency Workers," Working Papers hal-04759280, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:wpaper:hal-04759280
    DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4889210
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