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

Authors

  • Jesús Ferreiro University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Faculty of Economics and Business, Department of Public Policies and Economic History, Bilbao, Spain
  • Carmen Gómez University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Bilbao, Spain

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2298/PAN2304523F

Keywords:

Labour market reforms, Temporary employment, Precarious jobs, Labor segmentation, Employment, Unemployment, Spain

Abstract

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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Published

2023-07-14

How to Cite

Ferreiro, J., & Gómez , C. (2023). Undesired Consequences of Labour Market Reforms: From Temporary to Precarious Jobs - The Case of Spain. Panoeconomicus, 70(4), 523–549. https://doi.org/10.2298/PAN2304523F

Issue

Vol. 70 No. 4 (2023): 34th Annual EAEPE (European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy) Conference 2022

Section

Original scientific paper