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Temporary Contracts across Generations: Long-term effects of a labour market reform at the margin

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  • Miguel Á. Malo

    (Departamento de Economía e Historia Económica, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain)

  • Begoña Cueto

    (Departamento de Economía Aplicada, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain)

Abstract

We analyse the impact of a labour market reform at the margin (an easier use of temporary contracts launched in Spain in 1984) across generations. As this type of reforms applies to new entrants into the labour market (or, in general, new hired workers), we use a regression discontinuity design to estimate a long-lasting effect on the mean temporary employment rates for generations entering into the labour market compared to those already in the labour market. The results show a relatively small impact related to the reform at the margin. By educational levels, the estimated effect of the reform at the margin on the mean temporary employment rate is close to zero for those with university level education for both genders.

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  • Miguel Á. Malo & Begoña Cueto, 2013. "Temporary Contracts across Generations: Long-term effects of a labour market reform at the margin," Cuadernos de Economía - Spanish Journal of Economics and Finance, Asociación Cuadernos de Economía, vol. 36(101), pages 84-99, Agosto.
    • Handle: RePEc:cud:journl:v:36:y:2013:i:101:p:84-99
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    1. Bonilla, Roberto & Malo, Miguel Á. & Pinto, Fernando, 2022. "Marriage wage premium with contract type heterogeneity," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 78(C).
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    3. Luis Cárdenas & Paloma Villanueva, 2021. "Flexibilization at the Core to Reduce Labour Market Dualism: Evidence from the Spanish Case," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 59(1), pages 214-235, March.
    4. García Serrano, Carlos. & Malo, Miguel Ángel., 2013. "Beyond the contract type segmentation in Spain : country case studies on labour market segmentation," ILO Working Papers 994814983402676, International Labour Organization.
    5. Malo, Miguel & Cueto, Begoña, 2014. "El empleo de los jóvenes en España: Del bloqueo en la entrada del mercado de trabajo a los programas de Garantía Juvenil [Young employment in Spain: From the blockade of the labour market to the Youth Guarantee]," MPRA Paper 59473, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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    JEL classification:

    • J11 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
    • J41 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Labor Contracts

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