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Economic and social convergence in Spain: The elusive goal of catching up with the EU

In: Towards Convergence in Europe

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  • Rafael Muñoz de Bustillo

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This chapter reviews the role played by the system of industrial relations in the working of the Spanish labour market, focusing on the level of security and flexibility achieved and its impact on inequality. With that aim, we first review the main characteristics of the Spanish system of industrial relations before the Great Recession, including the role played by social agreements and social consultation, and the major changes produced during the economic crisis, both in terms of labour (de)regulation and in terms of the changing power relations between workers and firms resulting from the massive increase in unemployment. With this background, we explore the impact of the system of industrial relations on the functioning of the labour market in terms of jobs security and income inequality using, among other sources, the 2014 wave of the Structure of Earnings Survey. This chapter will provide two successful equality-enhancing case studies of social dialogue.

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  • Rafael Muñoz de Bustillo, 2019. "Economic and social convergence in Spain: The elusive goal of catching up with the EU," Chapters, in: Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead (ed.), Towards Convergence in Europe, chapter 11, pages 366-397, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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