The impact of Greek labour market regulation on temporary employment – evidence from a survey in Thessaly, Greece

Abstract

This paper uses an original dataset for 186 workplaces in Thessaly (central Greece), to study consequences of Greece's strict employment protection law (EPL) and national minimum wage for temporary employment. We find higher temporary employment rates among workplaces that pay low wages close to the minimum.. We also find that EPL "matters", in particular, managers who prefer temporary contracts because temporary workers are less protected definitely employ more. Our findings thus support the view that a firm's HRM decisions regarding internal versus external allocation of tasks are influenced by labour regulation.

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