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Young Adults in the Swedish Temporary Agency Sector: Implications of Family Experience

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  • Westéus, Morgan

    (Department of Economics, Umeå School of Business and Economics)

  • Lindgren, Urban

    (Department of Geography and Economic History)

Abstract

A person’s first experience of working life is not the individual’s actual first job, but rather the perception conveyed by their family and other reference groups. Using Swedish register data on young adults (aged 18-34), and controlling for personal characteristics, we find that individuals with family members or partners with work experience from the temporary agency sector are highly over-represented in the sector. The peer groups’ previous experience is also found to be among the most influential variables determining the relative probability that an individual will work in the temporary agency sector.

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  • Westéus, Morgan & Lindgren, Urban, 2014. "Young Adults in the Swedish Temporary Agency Sector: Implications of Family Experience," Umeå Economic Studies 888, Umeå University, Department of Economics, revised 23 Oct 2014.
    • Handle: RePEc:hhs:umnees:0888
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    Keywords

    Temporary work agency; family work experience; young adults; Sweden;
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    JEL classification:

    • J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
    • J42 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Monopsony; Segmented Labor Markets
    • J82 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Labor Force Composition

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