Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/286552 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Citation: 
[Journal:] SERIEs - Journal of the Spanish Economic Association [ISSN:] 1869-4195 [Volume:] 13 [Issue:] 1 [Year:] 2022 [Pages:] 147-169
Publisher: 
Springer, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
It is well known that German and Spanish labour markets are quite different from a macro point of view. In this paper, we look at these markets through the lenses of individual unstable spells. These include all forms of atypical employment (such as temporary contracts and mini-jobs) as well as unemployment. This combined unstable state captures a fuller picture of the individual experience of volatile income and uncertain employment status than unemployment alone. We find that the survival rates of unstable spells in the two countries are much more similar than those from unemployment. This suggests that the usual focus on unemployment stocks and durations exaggerates the contrast between the two countries in terms of workers' experience of instability. We place these findings in the context of very similar aggregate shocks in the two countries and different policy choices on labour market reforms.
Subjects: 
Administrative social security data
Atypical employment
duration
Mini-jobs
Temporary contracts
Unstable spells
JEL: 
J21
J64
J80
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Document Type: 
Article

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