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Flexibility vs. Rigidity: Does Spain have the worst of both Worlds?

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Saint-Paul, Gilles () (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain, CEPR, London and IZA, Bonn)

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In this paper we study the structure of labor market flows in Spain and compare them with France and the US. We characterize a number of empirical regularities and stylized facts. One striking result is that the job finding rate is slightly higher than in France, while the jon loss rate is much higher, putting Spain half-way between France and the US. This suggests that while Spain has borne the full cost of its labor market reforms in terms of job precarity, the benefits in terms of job creation have been quite modest. We hypothesize that this has been due to the reform's credibility being imperfect, which leads to expectation of reversal.

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Paper provided by Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in its series IZA Discussion Papers with number 144.

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Keywords: Unemployment; labor market flows; job finding; job loss; flexibility; temporary contracts; labor market reform; unemployment duration; unemployment recurrence; on the job search; labor force composition;

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J20 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - General
J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
J41 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Labor Contracts
J42 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Monopsony; Segmented Labor Markets
J63 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies - - - Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs
E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomics: Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution

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  1. Pau Baizán Munoz & Francesca Michielin & Francesco C. Billari, 2001. "Political economy and life course patterns: the heterogeneity of occupational, family and household trajectories of young spaniards," MPIDR Working Papers WP-2001-037, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany. [Downloadable!]
  2. Juan José Dolado & Carlos García-Serrano & Juan F. Jimeno, . "Drawing Lessons from the Boom of Temporary Jobs in Spain," Working Papers 2001-11, FEDEA. [Downloadable!]
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  3. Patrick A. Puhani, 2002. "A Note on Changes in the Wage and Unemployment Structures in Spain - Evidence from the Luxembourg Income Study," University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2002 2002-27, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen. [Downloadable!]
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