Insider-Outsider Dynamics and the Reform of Job Security Legislation

Davidsson, Johan Bo; Emmenegger, Patrick

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“…When studying the process leading to a dual labour market, it is warranted to distinguish between changes in labour market regulation and outcomes (see also Emmenegger et al 2012). Hence, there are two components of dualisation: a (growing) regulatory gap (e.g., in the strictness of the rules governing permanent and FTCs) and factual labour market developments (e.g., the actual growth of the secondary segment, wage gaps, etc.).…”

Section: Explaining the Growth Of Labour Market Dualismmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The majority of unions adopted this stance and accepted eased FTC regulation in the course of the negotiations. As employers had forcefully demanded more far-reaching deregulation, including protection for permanent contracts, this strategy helped unions avoid concessions for their core constituency (Davidsson and Emmenegger 2012).…”

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“…In their view, it was rather the response of employers and workers to macroeconomic conditions which spurred this growth (ibid.). In fact, the first notable deregulation was implemented in 2006 (Davidsson and Emmenegger 2012) when the share of FTCs had peaked already.…”

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“…Proponents of the dualisation hypothesis hold that change in European political economies did not take the form of convergence towards a liberal model in the sense of bold deinstitutionalisation. Rather, traditional systems were preserved for a shrinking number of people by 'layering' new institutions onto traditional ones (Clegg 2007;Palier and Thelen 2010;Eichhorst and Marx 2011;Emmenegger et al 2012). Hence, the second achievement is a less static view on European political economies than suggested by the 'new politics' literature.…”

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“…The case study is intended to shed light on the causal mechanisms underlying the emergence and development of French labour market dualism. It therefore allows us to assess how well the arguments extracted from the theoretical discussion explain the trajectory of an important and heavily cited case (e.g., Blanchard and Landier 2002;DiPrete et al 2006;Palier and Thelen 2010;Davidsson and Emmenegger 2012). Of course, a case study is not suitable to arrive at general explanations.…”

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Labour Market Dualisation in France

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The dualisation literature has identified the divide between standard and non-standard workers as a new form of inequality in European labour markets. However, we still lack an explanation for this development. One obstacle is that research on the subject is scattered across academic disciplines with different theoretical perspectives. The article confronts a political economy with an economic perspective on dualisation. It discusses how both relate to each other and what the respective empirical implications are. Both perspectives are assessed in a historical case study on the growth of fixed-term contracts (FTCs) in France. It shows that the changing use of FTCs cannot be explained by deregulation and should be seen as part of a broader change toward flexibility-oriented management styles. Rather than the other way around, the factual use of FTCs in France affected the politics of labour market reform by forcing policy makers to respond to the changing behaviour of firms and job seekers.

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Regulierung der Arbeitswelt: Der Kündigungsschutz

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The partisan politics of new social risks in advanced postindustrial democracies: Social protection for labor market outsiders

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2019

The European Social Model Under Pressure

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Advanced postindustrialization generates numerous challenges for the European social model. Central among these challenges is the problem of addressing new risks associated with employment and skills of semi and unskilled workers. In this chapter, I assess the partisan basis of support for social policies that address the needs of these marginalized workers. I specifically consider the impacts of postindustrial cleavages among core constituencies of social democratic parties on the capacity of these parties to pursue inclusive social policies. I argue-and find support for in empirical analyses-that encompassing labor organization is the most important factor in strengthening the ability of left parties to build durable and electorally successful coalitions in support of outsider-friendly policies. I go beyond existing work on the topic by considering the full array of postindustrial cleavages and electoral challenges facing left parties, by more fully elaborating the logic of why encompassing labor organization is crucial, and by considering a more complete set of measures of outsider policies than extant work. I compare my arguments and findings to important new work that stresses coalition building and partisan politics but minimizes the role of class organization.

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Insider-Outsider Dynamics and the Reform of Job Security Legislation

Cited by 17 publications

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Labour Market Dualisation in France

Labour Market Dualisation in France

Regulierung der Arbeitswelt: Der Kündigungsschutz

The partisan politics of new social risks in advanced postindustrial democracies: Social protection for labor market outsiders

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