Temporary Work in Turbulent Times: The Swedish Experience



20

Figure 4.2. Flows from and to unemployment during a recession
(absolute deviations compared to the levels in the reference case in units of 100 workers).

80

60

40

20
0
-20

A. Inflows to unemployment.


3  7 11 15 19 23 27 31 35 39 43 47 51

B. Outflows from unemployment.


5. What Caused the Rise in Temporary Work?

5.1 Changes in Legislation

What has caused the rise in temporary work in Sweden during the 1990s? We distinguish
between three broad hypotheses, beginning with changes in legislation. As have been
documented above, some regulatory changes have taken place during the 1990s. The 1994
reform involved an increase in the duration of probationary employment from sex to twelve
months. However, this reform must have had at most a marginal effect on the regulations facing



More intriguing information

1. The Dictator and the Parties A Study on Policy Co-operation in Mineral Economies
2. Bridging Micro- and Macro-Analyses of the EU Sugar Program: Methods and Insights
3. Telecommuting and environmental policy - lessons from the Ecommute program
4. Large Scale Studies in den deutschen Sozialwissenschaften:Stand und Perspektiven. Bericht über einen Workshop der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft
5. The name is absent
6. The name is absent
7. The name is absent
8. School Effectiveness in Developing Countries - A Summary of the Research Evidence
9. Washington Irving and the Knickerbocker Group
10. Parent child interaction in Nigerian families: conversation analysis, context and culture
11. Peer Reviewed, Open Access, Free
12. The name is absent
13. The name is absent
14. Flatliners: Ideology and Rational Learning in the Diffusion of the Flat Tax
15. The name is absent
16. Evaluating the Success of the School Commodity Food Program
17. Electricity output in Spain: Economic analysis of the activity after liberalization
18. The name is absent
19. Qualification-Mismatch and Long-Term Unemployment in a Growth-Matching Model
20. Labour Market Flexibility and Regional Unemployment Rate Dynamics: Spain (1980-1995)