Temporary contracts and non-protected employment in Argentina, Chile and Perú: incidence and determinants

  • Adriana Marshall Consejo Nacional De Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas e Instituto de Desarrollo Económico y Social (CONICET-IDES)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_CRLA.2016.v34.n1.52006
Keywords: Employment practices, temporary contracts, non-protected employment

Abstract

The diverse kinds of legal temporary contracts and the employment forms that do not comply with legal requirements both facilitate employment adjustment to firms´ requirements and entail labour cost reductions. Their employment incidence depends not only on the economic and labour market evolutions but also on other factors, in particular the historical trajectories followed by labour legislation, state enforcement, and the degree of compliance. To contribute to the understanding of the determinants of the degree of utilization of different employment practices, the study reported in this article explores the use made of the various legal temporary contracts and of precarious employment relationships by private enterprises in three Latin American countries (Argentina, Chile and Peru) during 2003-2012, a period of economic growth, and the explanatory role of diverse factors.

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Marshall A. (2016). Temporary contracts and non-protected employment in Argentina, Chile and Perú: incidence and determinants. Cuadernos de Relaciones Laborales, 34(1), 61-82. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_CRLA.2016.v34.n1.52006
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Vol. 34 No. 1 (2016): Monográfico: Condiciones de trabajo, relaciones laborales, intervención sindical
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Miscelaneus

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