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Drawing Lessons From the Boom of Temporary Jobs in Spain

Dolado, Juan J.; Garcia-Serrano, Carlos; Jimeno, Juan F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

temporary employment has noticeably increased across the EU, Spain being the paramount case in this regard. In this Paper we aim … other countries. Secondly, we address the puzzle of why temporary employment in Spain remains so high, despite recent labour …

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Employment Consequences of Restrictive Permanent Contracts: Evidence from Spanish Labour Market Reforms

Hernanz, Virginia; Jimeno, Juan F; Kugler, Adriana D. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

Temporary employment contracts allowing unrestricted dismissals were introduced in Spain in 1984 and quickly came to …

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Spain's International Position, 1850-1913

Prados de la Escosura, Leandro - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

Spain's financial position during the late 19th and early 20th century has usually been presented as one of persistent …

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Growth and Macroeconomic Performance in Spain, 1939-93

Prados de la Escosura, Leandro - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

institutional and macroeconomic features as the ultimate explanations of Spain's post-war growth performance. The following main … relative stagnation of the transition from Franco's dictatorship to democracy (1975-85), which ended with Spain's membership of …

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Why is Spanish Unemployment so High?

Dolado, Juan J.; Jimeno, Juan F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

In this paper we analyse the underlying causes behind Spanish unemployment which is now at 24%. We interpret this unfortunate outcome as the result of a series of adverse shocks, compounded by disinflationary policies and by a flawed system of labour market institutions. Our aim is to explain...

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Is the Allocation of Public Capital Across the Spanish Regions too Redistributive?

de la Fuente, Angel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

This Paper compares the observed distribution of the stock of infrastructures across the Spanish regions with the optimal allocation derived from a planning problem in which the observed degree of ex-post redistribution is taken as given. The results suggest that Spanish public investment policy...

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Regional Convergence in Spain, 1965-95

de la Fuente, Angel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

This Paper explores the sources of convergence in income per capita across the Spanish regions using a decomposition of this variable into employment and productivity factors and an estimate of a regional production function.

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Competition in Spanish Banking

Caminal, Ramon; Gual, Jordi; Vives, Xavier - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1989

financial market. Banking in Spain has undergone a strong liberalization process in the last fifteen years, which has …

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The Spanish Crisis: Background and Policy Challenges

Suarez, Javier - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

describes the strengths and weaknesses of Spain’s recent long growth cycle, the real and financial imbalances accumulated … pressure, partly initiated by unjustified catastrophic expectations about Spain, provides an opportunity for accelerating the …

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Stabilization and Growth under Dictatorship: The Experience of Franco's Spain

Prados de la Escosura, Leandro; Rosés, Joan R.; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

-market allocation of resources and allowed Spain to accelerating growth and catching up with Western Europe. Without the 1959 Plan, per …

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