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Undesired Consequences of Labour Market Reforms: From Temporary to Precarious Jobs - The Case of Spain

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  • Jesús Ferreiro
  • Carmen Gómez

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One of the peculiarities of the Spanish labour market has been the existence of a high share of temporary employment, a result of the 1984 labour reform which made the use of temporary contracts more flexible. Since 1994, various reforms have sought to increase the use of open-ended contracts and discourage the use of fixed-term contracts. Although these reforms, in particular the 2012 and 2021 reforms, have led to a reduction in the share of temporary workers they have also created other unintended problems, such as a reduction in the duration of fixed-term contracts, the proliferation of part-time contracts and atypical open-ended contracts, and a high share of temporary employment in public sector. JEL: E24, J21, J41, J48, J68.

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  • Jesús Ferreiro & Carmen Gómez, 2023. "Undesired Consequences of Labour Market Reforms: From Temporary to Precarious Jobs - The Case of Spain," Panoeconomicus, Savez ekonomista Vojvodine, Novi Sad, Serbia, vol. 70(4), pages 523-549.
    • Handle: RePEc:voj:journl:v:70:y:2023:i:4:p:523-549:id:2015
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    Keywords

    Labour market reforms; Temporary employment; Precarious jobs; Labor segmentation; Employment; Unemployment; Spain;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J41 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Labor Contracts
    • J48 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Particular Labor Markets; Public Policy
    • J68 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Public Policy

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