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Seasonal Employment, Seasonal Unemployment and Unemployment Compensation: The Case of the Tourist Industry of the Greek Islands
Author(s) -
Mourdoukoutas Panos
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
american journal of economics and sociology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1536-7150
pISSN - 0002-9246
DOI - 10.1111/j.1536-7150.1988.tb02044.x
Subject(s) - unemployment , tourism , compensation (psychology) , seasonal adjustment , economics , labour economics , seasonality , demographic economics , geography , economic growth , psychology , mathematical analysis , mathematics , archaeology , variable (mathematics) , psychoanalysis , statistics
A bstract . A theoretical and empirical investigation of the employment opportunities generated in the tourist industry of the Greek islands , this study supports the conventional thesis that unemployment is not necessarily produced by seasonal employment. Unemployment following a period of seasonal employment may be voluntary or involuntary. Some employees choose seasonal occupations because they pay more. Others do so because seasonal occupations suit their non‐market activities during their off‐peak season(s), or they may lack any other occupational alternatives. Any unemployment compensation policy designed to smooth out the seasonal nature of employment in industries such as tourism may accentuate the unemployment problem.