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Immigrants’ responsiveness to labor market conditions and their impact on regional employment disparities : evidence from Spain

Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina; Rica, Sara de la - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 1 (2010) 4, pp. 387-407

Using data from the Spanish Labor Force Survey (Encuesta de Poblacioń Activa) from 1999 through 2007, we explore the role of employment opportunities in explaining the growing immigrant flows of recent years. Subsequently, we investigate whether immigrant inflows have helped reduce regional...

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The impact of the great recession on employment polarization in Spain

Anghel, Brindusa; Rica, Sara de la; Lacuesta, Aitor - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 5 (2014) 2/3, pp. 143-171

This article analyzes changes in the occupational employment share in Spain for the period 1997 - 2012 and the way … increase in the share of occupations at the low end of the wage distribution. Sector reallocation may have partially … contributed to explain the polarization process in Spain during the years of expansion (1997 - 2007) but it is a minor factor …

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Dual employment protection and (lack of) on-the-job training : PIAAC evidence for Spain and other European countries

Cabrales, Antonio; Dolado, Juan J.; Mora, Ricardo - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 8 (2017) 4, pp. 345-371

how having a temporary contract in Spain is associated to lower levels of on-the-job training (OJT). Next, we find that … in the PIAAC study. Although we choose Spain as a case study of a dual labor market, we also provide cross …

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Does dual employment protection affect TFP? : evidence from Spanish manufacturing firms

Dolado, Juan J.; Ortigueira, Salvador; Stucchi, Rodolfo - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 7 (2016) 4, pp. 421-459

This paper analyzes how changes in the firing-costs gap between permanent and temporary workers affect firms’ TFP in a dual labour market. We argue that, under plausible conditions, firms’ temp-to-perm conversion rates go down when this gap increases. Temporary workers respond to lower...

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Revisiting the publicprivate wage gap in Spain : new evidence and interpretation

León, Alba Couceiro de; Dolado, Juan J. - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 14 (2023) 3/4, pp. 353-377

This paper updates the available evidence on the public-private wage gap in Spain, which dates back to 2012. Through … distribution by gender and education have evolved during and after the Great Recession. Conventional Oaxaca-Blinder decompositions …

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Internship contracts in Spain : a stepping stone or a hurdle towards job stability?

Rica, Sara de la; Gorjón, Lucía - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 13 (2022) 1, pp. 51-100

Internship contracts (ICs) were designed as a stepping stone for educated young workers to develop their professional skills upon graduation. Such contracts incentivise employment creation, as firms benefit from lower wages and tax reductions, but at the same time, firms are expected to develop...

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