abstract: 'Taking a cross-national comparative perspective, this study analyses

  differences in individual determinants of the low-wage risk across

  institutional settings. It builds on previous research that dealt with

  the impact of labour market reform measures on the distribution of

  labour market risks in advanced economies. It is widely held that such

  reforms have a particularly adverse effect on labour market outsiders,

  specifically on entrants to the labour market. We seek to differentiate

  this assumption and to show that this presumed effect is conditional on

  the configuration of the bargaining system. Using hierarchical models

  that match EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC)

  microdata with several macro indicators for 20 countries, we find that,

  in contexts with a high degree of bargaining centralization, the

  relative low-wage risk of entrants and re-entrants from inactivity

  increases with commodification and deregulation. If bargaining is

  decentralized, however, the effects of labour market reform policies on

  insider/outsider disparities are marginal. Additionally, we show that

  the same still holds true if a measure of employment protection

  legislation (EPL) is regarded as the moderating institutional filter. We

  explain these findings with theoretical concerns based on the concept of

  closure. These predict that centralized bargaining structures and high

  EPL (or, rather, closed employment relationships) will systematically

  channel risks produced by reform measures to the periphery of the labour

  market.'
affiliation: 'Giesselmann, M (Corresponding Author), DIW Berlin, Socioecon Panel Study
  SOEP, Mohrenstr 58, D-10117 Berlin, Germany.

  DIW Berlin, Socioecon Panel Study SOEP, D-10117 Berlin, Germany.'
author: Giesselmann, Marco
author-email: mgiesselmann@diw.de
author_list:
- family: Giesselmann
  given: Marco
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1093/esr/jcu053
eissn: 1468-2672
files: []
issn: 0266-7215
journal: EUROPEAN SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW
keywords: 'centralization; deregulation; closure; low wage; entrants; eu-silc;

  europe'
keywords-plus: 'EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; UNITED-STATES; WORKING POOR; WEST-GERMANY;

  INSTITUTIONS; INEQUALITY; EMPLOYMENT'
language: English
month: OCT
number: '5'
number-of-cited-references: '49'
orcid-numbers: Giesselmann, Marco/0000-0001-6769-3612
pages: 549-561
papis_id: e087bc406bc0dc383a6864c4f471e8c4
ref: Giesselmann2014impactlabour
times-cited: '8'
title: The Impact of Labour Market Reform Policies on Insiders' and Outsiders' Low-Wage
  Risk
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000343329200001
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '22'
volume: '30'
web-of-science-categories: Sociology
year: '2014'