The Spanish labor market: temporary employment, immigration and the construction boom

Aparicio Fenoll, Ainhoa

The Spanish labor market: temporary employment, immigration and the construction boom

Document Type

Doctoral thesis
Published Version

Author

Aparicio Fenoll, Ainhoa

Director

González Luna, Libertad

Publication Date

2010-07-01

Citation

Aparicio Fenoll, A. The Spanish labor market: temporary employment, immigration and the construction boom. Universitat Pompeu Fabra; 2010. handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10803/7427

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Doctoral program

Programa de doctorat en Economia, Finances i Empresa

Abstract

This thesis deals with different aspects of the Spanish Labor Market. The first chapter explores the impact of product market competition on job instability. Empirical results show that job instability rises with competition. The second chapter addresses the existence of network effects on immigrants' remitting behavior. Using a unique data base, I find positive network effects on the probability of remitting as well as on quantity remitted. The final chapter studies the role of the recent construction boom in explaining decisions to drop out of high-school. The construction boom is shown to increase the likelihood of dropping out of high-school.
Esta tesis trata diferentes aspectos del mercado laboral español. El primer capítulo explora el impacto de la competencia en el mercado de productos sobre la inestabilidad del empleo. Los resultados empíricos muestran que la inestabilidad en el empleo crece con el nivel de competencia. El segundo capítulo plantea la existencia de efectos de las redes sociales de inmigrantes sobre el envío de remesas. Mediante el uso de una base de datos exclusiva, he encontrado efectos positivos de las redes sociales sobre la probabilidad de enviar remesas así como sobre la cantidad enviada. El último capítulo estudia el papel del reciente boom de la construcción en el abandono escolar durante la educación secundaria. Se demuestra que el boom de la construcción ha incrementado la probabilidad de abandono escolar durante la educación secundaria.

Keywords

high-school dropout, remittances, immigration, social networks, labor contracts, temporary employment, housing boom, product market competition, Spain