Flexible work and immigration in Europe

Raess, D. and Burgoon, B. (2015) Flexible work and immigration in Europe. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 53 (1). pp. 94-111. ISSN 0007-1080 doi: 10.1111/bjir.12022

Abstract/Summary

Immigration has risen substantially in many European economies, with far-reaching if still uncertain implications for labor markets and industrial relations. This paper investigates such implications, focusing on employment flexibility, involving both ‘external flexibility’ (fixed-term or temporary agency and/or involuntary part-time work) and ‘internal flexibility’ (overtime and/or balancing-time accounts). The paper identifies reasons why immigration should generally increase the incidence of such flexibility, and why external should rise more than internal flexibility. The paper supports these claims using a dataset of establishments in sixteen European countries.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/60358
Identification Number/DOI	10.1111/bjir.12022
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Politics, Economics and International Relations > Politics and International Relations
Publisher	Wiley
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