Temporary Contracts across GenerationsLong-term effects of a labour market reform at the margin

  1. Malo Ocaña, Miguel Ángel 1
  2. Cueto Iglesias, Begoña 2
  1. 1 Universidad de Salamanca
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    Universidad de Salamanca

    Salamanca, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02f40zc51

  2. 2 Universidad de Oviedo
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    Universidad de Oviedo

    Oviedo, España

    ROR https://ror.org/006gksa02

Revista:
Cuadernos de economía: Spanish Journal of Economics and Finance

ISSN: 2340-6704,  0210-0266

Año de publicación: 2013

Volumen: 36

Número: 101

Páginas: 84-99

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1016/S0210-0266(13)70043-8 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openBiblos-e Archivo editor

Otras publicaciones en: Cuadernos de economía: Spanish Journal of Economics and Finance

Resumen

Analizamos el efecto de una reforma del mercado laboral en el margen (un uso más sencillo de los contratos temporales iniciado en España en 1984) de generación en generación. Como este tipo de reformas atañe a los que se incorporan por primera vez al mercado laboral (o, en general, a los nuevos trabajadores), utilizamos un diseño de discontinuidad de regresión para calcular el efecto a largo plazo en las tasas medias de temporalidad laboral para las generaciones que se incorporaron al mercado laboral tras la reforma respecto a los que ya se encontraban en él. Los resultados muestran un efecto relativamente pequeño en relación con la reforma en el margen. Por niveles de formación, el efecto estimado de la reforma en el margen sobre la tasa media de temporalidad laboral es cercana a cero para las personas de ambos sexos con nivel universitario.

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eW are highly indebted to Luis Garrido for the idea of using DUWLÀFLDO FRKRUWV· PHWKRGRORJ\ ZLWK WKH PLFUR GDWD RI WKH Labour Force Survey and to David Autor for providing insightful suggestions for improving our analysis. eW also gratefully acknowledge comments from Kristine Brown, Carlos García-Serrano, Geoffrey Hewings, María Prada, and José-Ignacio Pérez-Infante. Part of this research was developed when Miguel A. Malo was at the NBER as visiting scholar, who acknow ledges the corresponding financial help of the Spanish Ministry of Education. This research has also EHQHÀWHG IURP IXQGV IURP WKH 6SDQLVK 0LQLVWU\ IRU 6FLHQFH e(R search Project eR ference: CSO2010-21004). Of course, all remaining errors are the authors’ own responsibilit.y

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