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The underestimated virtues of the two-sector AK model

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Gabriel J. Felbermayr
Omar Licandro

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Temporary employment contracts allowing unrestricted dismissals were introduced in Spain in 1984 and quickly came to account for most new jobs. In 1997, however, the Spanish government attempted to reduce the incidence of temporary employment by reducing payroll taxes and dismissal costs for permanent contracts. In this paper, we exploit the fact that recent reforms apply only to certain demographic groups to set up a natural experiment research design to study the effects of contract regulations on employment and worker flows. Using data from the Spanish Labor Force Survey, we find that the reduction of payroll taxes and dismissal costs increased the employment of young men and women on permanent contracts, although the effects for young women are marginally significant. The results suggest a moderately elastic response of permanent employment to non-wage labor costs. We also find positive effects on the transitions from unemployment and temporary employment into permanent employment for young and older workers and from permanent employment to non- employment only for older men, suggesting that the reform had little effect on dismissals.

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  1. Gabriel J. Felbermayr, 2004. "Specialization on a Technologically Stagnant Sector Need Not Be Bad for Growth," cege – Center for European, Governance and Economic Development Research Discussion Papers 24, cege – Center for European, Governance and Economic Development Research, University of Goettingen (Germany).. [Downloadable!]
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