Unions, temporary employment and hours of work: a tale of two countries

Marco Francesconi and Carlos Garcia-Serrano
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Marco Francesconi and Carlos Garcia-Serrano: Departamento de Fundamentos de Economía. Universidad de Alcalá (Spain)
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Carlos García-Serrano and Marco Francesconi

No 8/02, Doctorado en Economía- documentos de trabajo from Programa de doctorado en Economía. Universidad de Alcalá.

Abstract: This paper is the first attempt to analyse the relationship between unionisation, temporary employment and non-standard hours of work, comparing Spain and Britain, which are characterised by relatively different labour market structures and substantially different degrees of employment protections. Despite such differences, these two countries show remarkably similar responses of unionisation to flexible employment. In particular, we find that union recognition in Britain and firm-level union presence in Spain do not respond to changes in long hours of work, overtime hours and temporary employment, whereas part-time employment is negatively correlated with union recognition in both countries. We find, however, some differences between the two countries when the samples are stratified by industry.

Keywords: collective bargaining; trade unions; temporary employment; hours of work (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 J53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: pages 37
Date: 2002-05-01, Revised 2002-05-01
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Journal Article: Unions, Temporary Employment and Hours of Work: A Tale of Two Countries (2004)
Working Paper: Unions, temporary employment and hours of work: a tale of two countries (2002)
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