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World of Work Report 2009 : the Global Jobs Crisis and Beyond.
What is the state of labour markets worldwide amid the economic crisis? What are implications of phasing out stimulus packages and employment support measures? What is the employment impact of measures to be considered at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen? How to make financial system w...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Geneva :
Co-publication International Labour Office & Academic Foundation,
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Table of Contents; Editorial; 1. The global jobs crisis: Patterns and medium term scenarios; Main findings; Introduction; A. Immediate labour and social impacts; B. Risk of long term under-employmentand limited social protection; C. The way forward; Appendix A The impact of crises on labour markets: Past experience; Appendix B The impact of financial crises on employment: An empirical analysis; Bibliography; 2. Making finance work for the real economy: Challenges for policy; Main findings; Introduction; A. Financial sector growth vis-à-vis the non-financial sector.
- B. Financialization of the non-financial economy: Trends and social impactsC. Financialization as a source of instability for enterprises and jobs: The case of leveraged buyouts; Conclusion; Bibliography; 3. Rebalancing globalization: The role of labour provisions in existing international trade arrangements and development finance policies; Main findings; Introduction; A. Labour provisions in trade arrangements: Current situation and trends; B. International development finance; Conclusion; Bibliography; 4. Green policies and jobs: A double dividend?; Main findings; Introduction.
- A. The employment challenge: Assessing employment in high carbon intensive sectorsB. The employment potential: Estimating the effects of green policies on jobs; Conclusion; Appendix A Estimating the size of the high carbon intensive sector; Appendix B Selected empirical results of the distributional effects of green policies; Appendix C Assessing the employment effects of green policies in nine countries: A vector autoregression approach; Bibliography; Recent publications; List of tables, figures and boxes by chapter; Figures; Chapter 1.
- Figure 1.1 Job losses since the onset of the crisis in select countries (in millions, by country grouping)Figure 1.2 Change in the average number of hours worked per employed person (in percentages, Q2 2009
- Q2 2008); Figure 1.3 Change in the incidence of part-time employment in total employment, select countries (in percentage points, Q2 2009
- Q2 2008; Figure 1.4 Impact of current and previous crises on employment and GDP (in percentages); Figure 1.5 Levels and change in long-term unemployment during previous recessions, EU-15 and rest of OECD (percentages as a share of total unemployment).
- Figure 1.6 Percentage point change in labour force participation rates, select OECD countries, Q3 2009
- Q4 2008Figure 1.7 Discouraged workers in select countries, Q2 2008
- Q2 2009 (Q2 2008 = 100); Figure 1.8 Recovery to pre-crisis employment levels by country groupings, 2007-14; Figure 1.9 Employment projections in select high GDP per-capita countries,2000-14 (Pre-crisis level = 100); Figure 1.10 Employment projections in select medium GDP per-capita countries, 2007-13 (Pre-crisis level = 100); Figure 1.11 Percentage of unemployed workers not receiving unemployment benefits, various years.