TY - GEN AU - Smirnykh,Larisa AU - Wörgötter,Andreas TI - Why do Russian Firms Use Fixed-Term and Agency Work Contracts? T2 - OECD Economics Department Working Papers, PY - 2013/// CY - Paris PB - OECD Publishing KW - Employment KW - Economics KW - Russian Federation N2 - This study looks into the use of fixed term contracts and agency work in Russia during and shortly after the crisis 2009-10 with the help of an enterprise survey. The results of variance analysis show that the use of fixed-term or agency work contracts is not uniform across sectors, size and skill requirements. Probit analysis reveals that the use of fixed term contracts also in-creases the likelihood of using agency work, but not the other way around. The increase of tem-porary and agency work contracts increases the turnover on the labour market and contributes to an increase in dualisation, but may also help to prevent a larger increase in unemployment during crisis periods UR - https://s443-doi-org.br.lsproxy.net/10.1787/5k4dlf1ctsbv-en ER -