RT Journal Article
T1 Does deregulation decrease unemployment?: an empirical analysis of the Spanish labour market
T2 ¿Conduce la flexibilización a menor desempleo?: un análisis empírico del mercado laboral español
T2 La flexibilité, une arme contre le chômage?: analyse empirique du marché du travail espagnol
A1 Herrero Alba, Daniel
A1 Cárdenas Del Rey, Luis
A1 López Gallego, Julián
AB Spain underwent two major labour reforms in 2010 and 2012 under the assumption that deregulating the labour market and decentralizing collective bargaining would automatically reduce unemployment (deregulation hypothesis). This article highlights the impact of demand and the sectoral structure of the economy to explain the behaviour of this variable (structural hypothesis). Analysing subnational panel data, the authors assess the capacity of these two hypotheses to explain unemployment trends. Their results cast doubt on the deregulation hypothesis and indicate the importance of cyclical and structural factors.
PB Wiley
SN 0020-7780
YR 2020
FD 2020-09
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/98389
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/98389
LA eng
NO Herrero, D., Cárdenas, L., & López Gallego, J. (2020). Does deregulation decrease unemployment? An empirical analysis of the Spanish labour market. International Labour Review, 159(3), 367-396. https://doi.org/10.1111/ILR.12179
DS Docta Complutense
RD 5 abr 2025