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Who wants the Contrat de Travail Unique ? Social Support for Labor Market Flexibilization in France
Author(s) -
Amable Bruno
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
industrial relations: a journal of economy and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.61
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1468-232X
pISSN - 0019-8676
DOI - 10.1111/irel.12070
Subject(s) - insider , labour economics , job market , labor market segmentation , market segmentation , employment contract , business , economics , sociology , political science , microeconomics , law , work (physics) , mechanical engineering , rework , computer science , embedded system , wage , engineering
In France, a proposal was made to substitute a unique labor contract with a degree of employment protection increasing with tenure to the existing open‐end and fixed‐term contracts. Using survey data, this paper analyzes the social support for this contrat de travail unique (CTU). Contrary to the prediction of insider/outsider theories, support for the CTU comes from insider groups, whereas most outsider groups oppose it. This result may be the consequence of the job protection increasing with tenure. This mechanism could reinforce certain types of market segmentation instead of abolishing employment precariousness.