Dual labor markets in Spain: a firm-side perspective
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Issue Date
18-Apr-2023
Physical description
27 p.
Abstract
Usando microdatos contables, en este trabajo documentamos el uso de los contratos temporales e indefinidos por las empresas españolas entre 2004 y 2019. Mostramos que el uso de contratos temporales es muy heterogéneo entre distintas empresas y que la distribución de la tasa de temporalidad está muy sesgada hacia la derecha: la ratio de temporalidad mediana es de tan solo el 3 %, mientras que la tasa media es del 18 %. Parte de esta variación está asociada con el sector y la región en los que opera la empresa, así como con el ciclo macroeconómico. Sin embargo, aproximadamente el 80 % de la variación viene explicada por diferencias entre empresas pertenecientes al mismo sector, la misma región y el mismo punto del ciclo. Individualmente, incluso tras controlar por el sector y la región, observamos que las empresas más grandes y las más jóvenes son las que hacen un mayor uso de los contratos temporales.
Using comprehensive balance-sheet data for Spain, we document the use of fixed-term and open-ended contracts by firms over the period 2004-2019. We show that the use of temporary contracts is very heterogeneous across firms, with the distribution of the temporary share being severely right-skewed: the median share of temporary employment is only 3%, while the average is 18%. Part of this variation is related to the sector and region where firms operate as well as to the macroeconomic cycle. However, around 80% of the variation reflects differences across firms operating in the same industry, in the same location and at the same point of the business cycle. At the individual level, even after controlling for sector and region, we observe that larger and younger firms make more extensive use of temporary contracts.
Using comprehensive balance-sheet data for Spain, we document the use of fixed-term and open-ended contracts by firms over the period 2004-2019. We show that the use of temporary contracts is very heterogeneous across firms, with the distribution of the temporary share being severely right-skewed: the median share of temporary employment is only 3%, while the average is 18%. Part of this variation is related to the sector and region where firms operate as well as to the macroeconomic cycle. However, around 80% of the variation reflects differences across firms operating in the same industry, in the same location and at the same point of the business cycle. At the individual level, even after controlling for sector and region, we observe that larger and younger firms make more extensive use of temporary contracts.
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Documentos Ocasionales / Banco de España, 2310
Subjects
Mercado de trabajo dual; Contratos temporales; Desempleo; Dual labor markets; Temporary contracts; Unemployment; Estructura y funcionamiento de la empresa; Renta, empleo y precios; Mercado de trabajo; España
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