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Preferences for Employment Protection and the Insider-Outsider Divide: Evidence from France

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  • Elvire Guillaud

    (CES - Centre d'économie de la Sorbonne - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Paul Marx

    (SDU - Department of Political Science - SDU - University of Southern Denmark)

Abstract

Insider-outsider theory argues that in dual labour markets there are two groups with opposing preferences regarding protection against dismissals: i) insiders with permanent work contracts who defend employment protection, because it increases their rents, and ii) outsiders (temporary workers and the unemployed) who see protection barriers to mobility and demand deregulation. Although this argument is influential in the political economy literature, there is little empirical research on outsiders' preferences regarding employment protection. We test the argument using French data on support for a proposed reform of employment protection. Our results show that permanent and temporary workers do not differ significantly in their support for employment protection, while some evidence indicates that the unemployed do show greater support for deregulation. We conclude that insider-outsider theory overemphasises the relevance of employment protection for temporary workers and that care should be taken not to place these workers in a composite outsider group with the unemployed.

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  • Elvire Guillaud & Paul Marx, 2014. "Preferences for Employment Protection and the Insider-Outsider Divide: Evidence from France," Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers) hal-00965171, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:cesptp:hal-00965171
    DOI: 10.1080/01402382.2014.902169
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    1. Lucas Ronconi & Ravi Kanbur & Santiago López-Cariboni, 2019. "Who demands labour (de)regulation in the developing world?: Insider-outsider theory revisited," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2019-90, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
    2. Kanbur, Ravi & Ronconi, Lucas & López-Cariboni, Santiago, 2020. "Who demands labour (de)regulation in the developing world? Insider–outsider theory revisited," CEPR Discussion Papers 14277, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    3. Thomas Prosser, 2016. "Dualization or liberalization? Investigating precarious work in eight European countries," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 30(6), pages 949-965, December.
    4. Lucas RONCONI & Ravi KANBUR & Santiago LÓPEZ‐CARIBONI, 2023. "Who demands labour (de)regulation in the developing world? Revisiting the insider–outsider theory," International Labour Review, International Labour Organization, vol. 162(2), pages 223-243, June.

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