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Bentolila, Samuel - 2019

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...

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Do Temporary Contracts Affect TFP? Evidence from Spanish Manufacturing Firms

Dolado, Juan Jose; Stucchi, Rodolfo - 2021

This paper evaluates the impact of the widespread use of fixed-term contracts in Spain on firms' TFP, via its effect on workers' effort. We propose a simple analytical framework showing that, under plausible conditions, workers' effort depends positively on their perception (for given level of...

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Temporary Agency Work in Portugal, 1995 - 2000

Böheim, René; Cardoso, Ana Rute - 2021

particular pay, than comparable workers in the rest of the economy. The first aim of this analysis is to quantify the wage … penalty, if any, for workers in TAW. Secondly, we analyze the wage profile of workers before and after spells of TAW. Linked … not associated with a stigma effect that slows wage progression after working for TAW, contrary to prime - age and older …

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