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Labor market flexibility became a subject of debate between 1974 and 1976, as a response to the fall of employment in developed countries triggered by a soaring rise of oil prices. Although the labor legislation could not be pinpointed as the cause of the crisis, it was related to the firm?s loss of...
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Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Derecho. Departamento de Publicaciones
2017
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| Acceso en línea: | http://www.derecho.uba.ar/publicaciones/pensar-en-derecho/revistas/11/la-flexibilidad-laboral-y-sus-consecuencias.pdf http://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=pensar&cl=CL1&d=HWA_2919 https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/collect/pensar/index/assoc/HWA_2919.dir/2919.PDF |
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| Sumario: | Labor market flexibility became a subject of debate between 1974 and 1976, as a response to the fall of employment in developed countries triggered by a soaring rise of oil prices. Although the labor legislation could not be pinpointed as the cause of the crisis, it was related to the firm?s loss of international competitiveness and their difficulties in incorporating technologies (information technology in particular). The aim of this article is to address this issue. The first section analyzes the concept of flexibilization in labor laws and the way it has been implemented in European countries. The second introduces some economic schools of thought that have called into question the claim that flexibilization is the road to employability, warning macro-economic experts of the dangers of neglecting employment, growth and living standards and prioritizing interest rates, inflation and exchange rates. The third section describes the implementation of labor market deregulation policies in Argentina during the 1990s, and seeks to show how it did not lead to job growth but rather widened the gap in the distribution of income. The conclusion answers the question that organizes and motivates this article: Is labor flexibilization the solution to falling employment or is it the source of greater social inequalities? |
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