Sanz-de-Galdeano, Anna, Terskaya, Anastasia
The labor market in Spain, 2002–2016
IZA World of Labor. 2017: 403. doi:10.15185/izawol.403
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/71802
DOI: 10.15185/izawol.403
ISSN: 2054-9571
Abstract: 
Spain, the fourth largest eurozone economy, was hit particularly hard by the Great Recession, which made its chronic labor market problems more evident. Youth and long-term unemployment escalated during the crisis and, despite the ongoing recovery, in 2016 were still at unsustainably high levels. The aggregate rate of temporary employment declined during the recession, but grew among youth. Most interesting have been the narrowing of the gender gap in labor force participation, the decline in the share of immigrants in employment and the labor force, and the overall increase in wage inequality.
Keywords:Unemployment, Wage inequality, Spain
IZA-Institute of Labor Economics
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