Distributional Implications of Labor Market Reforms: Learning from Spain's Experience

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ara Stepanyan ◽  
Jorge Salas
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Market Reforms ◽  
Labor Market Reforms

scholarly journals Labor market reforms and unemployment dynamics

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
pp. 3-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabrice Murtin ◽  
Jean-Marc Robin
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Market Reforms ◽  
Labor Market Reforms

scholarly journals Insider–outsider representation and social democratic labor market policy

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reto Bürgisser ◽  
Thomas Kurer
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Original Data ◽  
Policy Outcomes ◽  
Partisan Politics ◽  
Market Reforms ◽  
Labor Market Policy ◽  
Specific Content ◽  
Social Democratic ◽  
Market Policy ◽  
Labor Market Reforms

AbstractPostindustrialization and occupational change considerably complicate partisan politics of the welfare state. This article asks about the determinants of contemporary social democratic labor market policy. We argue that the composition of their support base is a critical constraint and empirically demonstrate that the actual electoral clout of different voter segments decisively affects policy outcomes under left government. We calculate the electoral relevance of two crucial subgroups of the social democratic coalition, labor market insiders and outsiders, in 19 European democracies and combine these indicators with original data capturing the specific content of labor market reforms. The analysis reveals considerable levels of responsiveness and demonstrates that relative electoral relevance is consistently related to policy outcomes. Social democratic governments with a stronger support base among the atypically employed push labor market reforms on their behalf—and vice versa. Our findings have important implications for our understanding of policy-making in postindustrial societies.

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