TY - JOUR AB - Analyses how the high proportion of temporary employment affects the firm's technical efficiency. Uses the stochastic frontier approach to measure the technical efficiency of the Spanish manufacturing firms during the period 1990‐2001. A negative relation between technical efficiency and the proportion of temporary jobs has been obtained. Also, shows that permanent employment makes an important contribution to output while temporary does not. VL - 25 IS - 2 SN - 0143-7720 DO - 10.1108/01437720410535981 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/01437720410535981 AU - Angeles Diaz‐Mayans Maria AU - Sanchez Rosario PY - 2004 Y1 - 2004/01/01 TI - Temporary employment and technical efficiency in Spain T2 - International Journal of Manpower PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 181 EP - 194 Y2 - 2024/09/19 ER -