How Temporary Were Canada's Temporary Foreign Workers?

Foreign Direct Investment and Temporary Workers in Japan

The rapid growth in the number of temporary workers in Japan during the 2000s generated greater income inequality and greater job insecurity because temporary workers’ wages are lower and their jobs are more tenuous than those of permanent workers. However, little is established about the relation between globalization and domestic growth in the temporary workforce. This study examines that rel...

Temporary Migration and Foreign Direct Investment ∗

The question of complementarity or substitutability of FDI and international labour mobility has not yet been answered. The substitutability assumption does not take into consideration the technological spillover of FDI in the host countries. Moreover, migration flows reveal cultural characteristics and labour force properties of their native country which may stimulate bilateral business netwo...

Temporary Migrant Workers in Greek Agriculture

PVC Temporary Shelters

Providing temporary shelter after major disasters is one of the major challenges for survivors and relief and reconstruction officials. In Iran, besides the distribution of tents, a common solution is to construct and deliver containers to the damaged areas. Following the 2017 earthquake in Kermanshah province, extensive damage was inflicted on urban and rural settlements, especially in the Das...

"How Precarious Employment Affects Health and Safety at Work: The Case of Temporary Agency Workers"

international studies indicate temporary agency workers are more likely to be injured at work than other types of employees. However explanations for this have been less forthcoming. this paper seeks to begin filling this gap. a study was undertaken in Victoria, australia, of occupational health and safety (oHs) amongst temporary agency workers drawing upon workers' compensation claim files for...