Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/92311 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Citation: 
[Journal:] IZA Journal of European Labor Studies [ISSN:] 2193-9012 [Volume:] 1 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Heidelberg [Year:] 2012 [Pages:] 1-29
Publisher: 
Springer, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
This paper presents a case study on reforming a very dysfunctional labor market with a deep insider-outsider divide, namely the Spanish case. We show how a dual market, with permanent and temporary employees, makes real reform much harder, and leads to purely marginal changes that do not alter the fundamental features of labour market institutions. While the Great Recession and the start of the sovereign debt crisis have lately triggered two labor reforms, the political economy equilibrium has not allowed them to be transformational enough.
Subjects: 
temporary contracts
dualism
labor market reform
political economy
great recession
JEL: 
H29
J23
J38
J41
J64
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Document Type: 
Article

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