Herrero Alba, DanielCárdenas Del Rey, LuisLópez Gallego, Julián2024-02-022024-02-022020-09Herrero, 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.121790020-778010.1111/ilr.12179https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/98389Spain 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.engAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/journal article1564-913Xhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ilr.12179restricted accessC33E24J08Instituciones y macroeconomíaDesempleoEspañaDatos de panelEconomía laboralEconomíaTrabajoSociología6306 Sociología del Trabajo5307.14 Teoría Macroeconómica