The impact of temporary employment on productivity

Journal for Labour Market Research

Table B.4 Temporary agency workers (TAW)

Country	Share of TAW over total employment^a			Share of TAW over total TE
Country	1997	2002	2007	1997	2002	2007
Austria	0.005	0.008	0.015	0.064	0.108	0.170
Belgium	0.013	0.016	0.022	0.206	0.211	0.256
Denmark	0.002	0.004	0.008	0.018	0.045	0.089
Finland	0.004	0.005	0.011	0.023	0.029	0.069
France	0.016	0.024	0.025	0.133	0.170	0.166
Germany	0.005	0.007	0.016	0.042	0.058	0.109
Ireland	0.003	0.014	0.017	0.032	0.286	0.200
Italy	n.l.r.	0.004	0.010	n.l.r.	0.040	0.076
Netherlands	0.023	0.021	0.028	0.204	0.148	0.156
Portugal	0.006	0.009	0.009	0.048	0.041	0.040
Spain	0.007	0.007	0.008	0.021	0.022	0.025
Sweden	0.004	0.009	0.013	0.034	0.059	0.076
United Kingdom	0.029	0.038	0.048	0.397	0.633	0.842