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The Labour Markets of Emerging Economies : Has growth translated into more and better jobs?.
This volume focuses on the labour market situation, trends and regulations in emerging economies, devoting attention to how they have dealt with both short-term issues, namely the global financial crisis, and longer-term structural challenges - as well as the gaps that still remain.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Geneva :
International Labour Office,
2013.
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| Colección: | Advances in labour studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Part I; 2 Labour Market Trends in Emerging Economies: Decent Work Deficits Persist Despite Growth and Resilience to the Crisis; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 A macro view on emerging economics; 2.2.1 Poverty falling but has been accompanied by rising inequality in many countries; 2.3 Labour market challenges in emerging economies; 2.3.1 Emerging economies at different stages of the demographic transition.
- 2.3.2 The complex phenomenon of rural-urban and international migration of workers from and to emerging economies2.3.3 Unemployment rate: less relevant but high in some countries; 2.3.4 Skills shortages and mismatches; 2.3.5 Low female labour force participation rates in some emerging economies; 2.3.6 Characterizing the informal economy and 'bad' jobs in emerging economies; 2.3.7 Youth are more vulnerable to poor outcomes in the labour market; 2.4 Diversity and resilience during the global financial crisis; 2.5 Is this time different? Comparison of labour market outcomes to previous crises.
- 2.6 Summary of labour market trends over the past two decades3 Labour Market Regulations for Development: Enhancing Institutions and Policies in Emerging Economies; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The role of labour market regulations: theoretical and empirical background; 3.2.1 Employment protection legislation; 3.2.2 Minimum wages; 3.2.3 Trade unions and collective bargaining; 3.2.4 Unemployment insurance schemes; 3.3 A cross-country overview of existing labourmarket institutions; 3.3.1 Employment protection legislation; 3.3.2 Minimum wages; 3.3.3 Trade unions and collective bargaining.
- 3.3.4 Unemployment protection systems3.4 The labour market policy response to the global financial crisis 2008-2009; 3.4.1 Why use labour market policies?; 3.4.2 Evidence from the global financial crisis; 3.5 Conclusion; Appendix; References; Part II; 4 Transitions out of Informality and Falling Unemployment: TheTransformation of the Brazilian Labour Market since the 2000s; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Labour market trends from 2001: falling unemployment and rising formal employment; 4.3 Factors behind labour market outcomes in Brazil; 4.4 Drivers of transitions in the labour market.
- 4.4.1 Raw labour market transitions4.4.2 Determinants of labour market transition probabilities; 4.5 Labour market policies and institutions: Brazil's emphasis on social policies; 4.5.1 Explaining the rise in formality in Brazil in the 2000s; 4.5.2 Bolsa Família; 4.5.3 Minimum wages; 4.5.4 Unemployment benefits and severance pay; 4.5.5 More mainstream active labour market policies?; 4.6 Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; References; 5 The Tale of Two Labour Markets:The Resilience of the Indonesian Labour Market to the Global Financial Crisis versus Increasing Casualization of Jobs; 5.1 Introduction.