Globalization and informal jobs in developing countries /

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Economic growth has not led to a corresponding improvement in working conditions and living standards for many workers. In developing countries, job creation has largely taken place in the informal economy, where around 60 per cent of workers are employed. Most of the workers in the informal economy...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bacchetta, Marc
Autores Corporativos: International Labour Organization, World Trade Organization
Otros Autores: Ernst, Ekkehard, Bustamante, Juana P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
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Publicado: Geneva : International Labour Organization : World Trade Organization, ©2009.
Temas:
Informal sector (Economics) > Developing countries.
Labor market > Developing countries.
Globalization > Economic aspects.
Mondialisation.
globalism.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Globalization > Economic aspects
Informal sector (Economics)
Labor market
Informell ekonomi > U-länder.
Globalisering > ekonomiska aspekter.
Arbetsmarknad > U-länder.
Developing countries
Vulnerable groups -- > Working conditions
Globalization -- > Human rights
Labour markets -- > Developing countries -- > Social policy
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Globalization and informality in times of scrisis
  • Labour markets in open developing economies
  • Key facts on globalization, trade and informal employment in developing countries
  • Improving social equity and efficiency by battling informality
  • Varieties of informality
  • Three views of the informal economy
  • A unifying model: multi-segmented labour markets
  • Definitions: making informality concepts operational
  • The crux of measurement
  • Openness to trade and informality
  • How does trade opening affect informal employment and wages?
  • What does the evidence tell us?
  • Impact of informality on trade and growth
  • How does informality shape macroeconomic performance?
  • Informality and macroeconomic performance: empirical evidence
  • Economic resilience: dynamics of informality
  • Transmission mechanisms of shocks in informal labour markets
  • Informality and business cycles
  • Capital flows and informality
  • Globalization and informal employment: an empirical assessment
  • Setting the stage
  • The impact of globalization on informal employment
  • Does informal employment lock countries into trade patterns?
  • Robust policies for an uncertain worid
  • Formalization of firms
  • Supporting transitions from informal jobs to formal employment
  • Employment-friendly trade policies
  • Coherence between trade and labour market policy.

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