Dual Labour Markets Revisited

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This paper provides an overview of recent research on dual labour markets. Theoretical and empirical contributions on the labour-market effects of dual employment protection legislation are revisited, as well as factors behind its resilience and policies geared towards correcting its negative consequences. The topics covered include the stepping-stone or dead-end nature of temporary contracts, their effects on employment, unemployment, churn, training, productivity growth, wages, and labour market inflows and outflows. The paper reviews both theoretical advances and relevant policy discussions, in particular in several countries that had very poor employment performance during the recent global economic and financial crisis.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 7479

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Labor Demand ; Nonwage Labor Costs and Benefits; Retirement Plans; Private Pensions ; Labor Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs
• Subject: dual labour markets ; employment protection ; temporary contracts ; job creation ; job destruction ; churn

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Bentolila, Samuel ; Dolado, Juan Jose ; Jimeno, Juan F.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
• (where): Munich
• (when): 2019

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/198839
• Last update: 2025-03-10T11:43:09+0100