Artículo de revista
More but not better jobs in Chile? The fundamental importance of open-ended contracts
Fecha
2015Registro en:
International Labour Review, Vol. 154 (2015), No. 2
DOI: 10.1111/j.1564-913X.2015.00240.x
Autor
Ruiz-Tagle Venero, Jaime
Sehnbruch, Kirsten
Institución
Resumen
Chilean governments since 1990 have relied on economic growth to
generate employment, higher wages and better conditions of employment. But the
results of this policy have been mixed: quantitative improvements in employment
and wages have not been matched by improvements in job quality. Contrasting
Chile’s seemingly rigid regulatory framework with its actual labour market flexibility,
the authors stress the importance of employment conditions in assessing labour
market performance. They empirically explore the effects of individual and
job characteristics on employment and income-generating capabilities, whose most
powerful determinant, they find, is employment under an open-ended contract.
They conclude with a discussion of policy implications.