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Recent trends in the use of temporary contracts in Spain

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  • Florentino Felgueroso
  • José-Ignacio García-Pérez
  • Marcel Jansen
  • David Troncoso-Ponce

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This paper documents recent trends in the use of temporary contracts in Spain. Until the outbreak of the recent economic and financial crisis, Spain was leading the ranking of countries with the largest share of temporary employees. During the crisis this share has fallen to its lowest level in decades, but in the recovery the share of temporary employees is on the rise again. Indeed, last year Spanish employers formalised more contracts than ever before. A particularly striking feature is the steep rise in fixed-duration contracts lasting less than a week. We document these trends and discuss the relevance of institutional factors for the high incidence of temporary employment in Spain. In addition, we perform various econometric exercises to assess whether the surge of short-duration contracts has led to a further deterioration in the access to permanent employment.

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  • Florentino Felgueroso & José-Ignacio García-Pérez & Marcel Jansen & David Troncoso-Ponce, 2017. "Recent trends in the use of temporary contracts in Spain," Studies on the Spanish Economy eee2017-25, FEDEA.
    • Handle: RePEc:fda:fdaeee:eee2017-25
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    1. Normann Rion, 2020. "Fluctuations in a Dual Labor Market," PSE Working Papers halshs-02570540, HAL.
    2. Manuel Arellano & Stéphane Bonhomme & Micole De Vera & Laura Hospido & Siqi Wei, 2022. "Income risk inequality: Evidence from Spanish administrative records," Quantitative Economics, Econometric Society, vol. 13(4), pages 1747-1801, November.
    3. J. Ignacio Conde-Ruiz & Manu García & Luis A. Puch & Jesús Ruiz, 2019. "Calendar effects in daily aggregate employment creation and destruction in Spain," SERIEs: Journal of the Spanish Economic Association, Springer;Spanish Economic Association, vol. 10(1), pages 25-63, March.
    4. J. Ignacio Conde-Ruiz & Manu García, 2019. "Retos Laborales pendientes tras la Gran Recesión," Studies on the Spanish Economy eee2019-06, FEDEA.
    5. Carrasco, Raquel & Gálvez Iniesta, Ismael & Jerez, Belén, 2022. "Do Temporary Help Agencies Help? Temporary employment transitions for low-skilled workers," UC3M Working papers. Economics 34756, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Economía.

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