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Seasonal Employment, Seasonal Unemployment and Unemployment Compensation: The Case of the Tourist Industry of the Greek Islands

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  • Panos Mourdoukoutas

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. A theoretical and empirical investigation of the employment opportunities generated in the tourist industry of the Greek islands, this study supports the conventional thesis that unemployment is not necessarily produced by seasonal employment. Unemployment following a period of seasonal employment may be voluntary or involuntary. Some employees choose seasonal occupations because they pay more. Others do so because seasonal occupations suit their non‐market activities during their off‐peak season(s), or they may lack any other occupational alternatives. Any unemployment compensation policy designed to smooth out the seasonal nature of employment in industries such as tourism may accentuate the unemployment problem.

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  • Panos Mourdoukoutas, 1988. "Seasonal Employment, Seasonal Unemployment and Unemployment Compensation: The Case of the Tourist Industry of the Greek Islands," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 47(3), pages 315-329, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ajecsc:v:47:y:1988:i:3:p:315-329
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1536-7150.1988.tb02044.x
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    2. Duro Moreno, Juan Antonio & Turrión Prats, Judith, 2018. "Tourism seasonality worldwide," Working Papers 2072/351586, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Department of Economics.
    3. Zhen Su & Kun Xian & Dandan Lu & Wenhui Wang & Yinghong Zheng & Tanaporn Khotphat, 2023. "Rural Tourism Households Adapting to Seasonality: An Exploratory Sequential Mixed-Methods Study," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(19), pages 1-19, September.
    4. Serena Volo, 2010. "Research Note: Seasonality in Sicilian Tourism Demand – An Exploratory Study," Tourism Economics, , vol. 16(4), pages 1073-1080, December.
    5. Konstantinos Andriotis, 2005. "Seasonality in Crete: Problem or a Way of Life?," Tourism Economics, , vol. 11(2), pages 207-224, June.
    6. Thanos Maroukis, 2016. "Temporary agency work, migration and the crisis in Greece: labour market segmentation intensified," Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, , vol. 22(2), pages 179-192, May.

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