Flexibilización, desregulación y dualización: las trayectorias de liberalización en el cambio institucional del mercado de trabajo

Luis Cárdenas del Rey; Javier Arribas Cámara

doi:10.22325/fes/res.2022.102

Authors

Luis Cárdenas del Rey Universidad Complutense de Madrid https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3508-5916
Javier Arribas Cámara Universidad Complutense de Madrid https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5378-7682

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22325/fes/res.2022.102

Keywords:

institutional change, labor segmentation, deregulation, dualism, power resources

Abstract

This paper reviews the literature on the "trajectories of the liberalization", from a comparative political economy (CPE) approach, that explains the institutional change that has taken place in the labor market in recent decades. Grouped under the term "liberalization trajectories", two main trajectories can be identified: deregulation and dualization. To this end, we review the contributions of the theory of power resources and the research tradition of historical institutionalism. Based on a synthesis of both, We hold as the main thesis that labor segmentation is the result of an interaction between employers' “divide et impera” (agency) strategies and the gradual change marked by the reduction of workers' associational and structural power, which undermines both the protective institutions (structure) and the trade union strategies needed to combat segmentation. These dynamics generate different trajectories, even if they share an institutional shift towards liberalization.

Author Biography

Luis Cárdenas del Rey , Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Doctorando en Economía - UCM

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