THE INCIDENCE AND STRUCTURE OF FLEXIBLE EMPLOYMENT IN LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES: REVISITING THE EVIDENCE AND EXPLANATIONS

ADRIANA GOLDSCHVARTZ (MARSHALL)

Manchester

Congreso; 35th Annual Meeting of the International Working Party on Labour Market Segmentation; 2014

EWERC, Manchester Business School, University of Manchester

Flexible employment relationships (diverse kinds of legal temporary contracts and employment forms that do not comply with legal requirements) 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 flexible employment forms by private enterprises in three Latin American countries (Argentina, Chile and Peru), during the 2003-2012 growth period, and the explanatory role of diverse factors.