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Flexible Work and Immigration in E urope
Author(s) -
Raess Damian,
Burgoon Brian
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
british journal of industrial relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.665
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-8543
pISSN - 0007-1080
DOI - 10.1111/bjir.12022
Subject(s) - flexibility (engineering) , overtime , immigration , agency (philosophy) , work (physics) , temporary work , labour economics , labour market flexibility , economics , business , industrial organization , political science , economic growth , engineering , sociology , unemployment , management , law , mechanical engineering , social science
Abstract Immigration has risen substantially in many E uropean economies, with far‐reaching if still uncertain implications for labour markets and industrial relations. This article 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 article identifies reasons why immigration should generally increase the incidence of such flexibility, and why external flexibility should rise more than internal flexibility. The article supports these claims using a dataset of establishments in 16 E uropean countries.