DRAWING LESSONS FROM THE BOOM OF TEMPORARY JOBS IN SPAIN

We review some lessons from the Spanish experience of using temporary employment contracts for regular jobs since 1984. The focus is on the role of fixed-term contracts with low severance pay, which have substituted for reform of employment protection legislation for permanent contracts. We consider...

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Published in:The Economic journal (London) 2002-06, Vol.112 (480), p.F270-F295
Main Authors: Dolado, Juan J., García-Serrano, Carlos, Jimeno, Juan F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Case studies
Contracts
Dismissal pay
Economic models
Economic theory
Economics
Employment
Employment contracts
Employment termination
Labor costs
Labor market
Labor markets
Labour market
Labour market structure
Public sector
Reform
Reforms
Regression analysis
Severance pay
Spain
Studies
Temporary employment
Temporary labor
Temporary Work
Unemployment
Wages
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Summary:We review some lessons from the Spanish experience of using temporary employment contracts for regular jobs since 1984. The focus is on the role of fixed-term contracts with low severance pay, which have substituted for reform of employment protection legislation for permanent contracts. We consider the main findings about this reform on the Spanish labour market in the light of the main theoretical implications derived from models dealing with dual labour markets, and address why the incidence of temporary work has remained highly persistent, around 33% of salaried employment, in the 1990s, despite several reforms aimed at reducing it.
ISSN:0013-0133
1468-0297
DOI:10.1111/1468-0297.00048