Perspectives on labour economics for development/ (Record no. 177490)
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International Standard Book Number | 9788171889853 |
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Classification number | 338.9 |
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Title | Perspectives on labour economics for development/ |
Statement of responsibility, etc. | Cazes,Sandrine [ed.] |
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Geneva: |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | International labour office, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2012. |
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Extent | 282 |
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Formatted contents note | Contents<br/>Foreword<br/>Acknowledgements xvii<br/>List of abbreviadons xviii<br/>1. Introduction and overview 1<br/>1.1 Chapter summaries 4<br/>Bibliography 6<br/>2. The labour market in developing countries 7<br/>2.1 The employment consequences of abundant labour and scarce capital 10<br/>2.2 The persistence of informalit)' 14<br/>2.3 Agriculture and the rural economy 15<br/>2.3.1 The weather, international commodit)' prices and growth 16<br/>2.3.2 Staying rural hut moving off the farm 17<br/>2.3.3 Multjpie job-holding 17<br/>2.4 Labour market structure and status in employment 18<br/>2.4.1 Nt)n-market work: Work outside the scope of market transactions 18<br/>2.4.2 The labour f{)rce participation of women and the level of<br/>economic development 18<br/>2.4.3 Status in employment 20<br/>2.4.4 Productivity variance within — ostensibly — the same product markets 21<br/>2.5 Structural transformadon or the evoludon of economic structure 22<br/>2.5.1 A brief word on trade and employment changes 23<br/>2.5.2 Concerns over the course of structural transformation 25<br/>2.6 Human capital and investment capital 28<br/>2.6.1 education and structural transformation 3O<br/>2.7 Weak market integration 31<br/>2.7.1 Infrastructure<br/>2.8 Conclusion 33<br/>Bibliography 34<br/>3. Growth, distribution, employment and poverty. 39<br/>3.1 Introduction 40<br/>3.2 Growth, employment, incqualitx' and poverty reducdon:<br/>Tlieorctica! insights and conceptual issues 40<br/>3.3 What do country experiences teach us? 48<br/>3.4 Suppordng the growth-employment—povert)' link through economic<br/>and social policies 55<br/>3.5 Conclusion 59<br/>Bibliography 60<br/>4. Informality 63<br/>4.1 Introducdon 64<br/>4.2 What is informality? 64<br/>4.3 Measuring informalit)- 67<br/>4.3.1 Methodological issue.s 67<br/>4.3.2 How big is informalit)-? 69<br/>4.4 Why does informalit)- exist? 69<br/>4.4.1 Informalit)' as exclusion - 70<br/>4.4.2 Informalit)- as choice 71<br/>4.4.3 Two-tier informalit)- 72<br/>4.5 What arc the characteristics of informalit)-? 72<br/>4.5.1 The relevance of informalit)' 73<br/>4.5.2 What do informal workers do? -78<br/>4.5.3 Firms and entrepreneurs in the informal sector "79<br/>4.5.4 The link bet\veen the formal and the informal economy 80<br/>4.6 What is the policy response to informality?<br/>4.6.1 Policy response to informalit)- as exclusion 81<br/>4.6.2 Policy response to informality as choice<br/>4.7 Conclusion<br/>86<br/>Bibliography<br/>5. Wages in developing countries 89<br/>5.1 Introduction 90<br/>5.2 The determination of wages 90<br/>5.2.1 The neoclassical theory of wage determination 91<br/>5.2.2 The empirical evidence 92<br/>5.2.3 What determines labour producri\'ity? 96<br/>5.2.4 Economic development and wages with unlimited supplies of labour 99<br/>5.2.5 Imperfect competition and the role of labour institutions 100<br/>5.2.6 The macroeconomic perspective 102<br/>5.3 The distribudon of wages 103<br/>5.3.1 Characteristics of workers --men and women 104<br/>5.3.2 Employer and industry characteristics 107<br/>5.3.3 Labour market regulations: The example of minimum wages 108<br/>5.3.4 The role of globalization 111<br/>5.4 Conclusion 113<br/>Bibliography 114<br/>6. Labour migration and development:<br/>A critical review of a controversial debate 119<br/>6.1 Introduction 120<br/>6.1.1 Labour migration trends and characteristics 121<br/>6.2 The determinants of labour migration 130<br/>6.2.1 Theoretical underpinning 130<br/>6.2.2 Empirical evidence 133<br/>6.3 The impact of labour migration on the home economy 137<br/>6.3.1 Theory on the development impact of labour migration<br/>on sending economies 137<br/>6.3.2 Empirical evidence on the development impact of labour migration<br/>on sending economies 140<br/>6.4 The impact of labour migration on the hcjst economy 143<br/>6.4.1 Theory on the consequences of labour migration in receiving economies 144<br/>6.4.2 Empirical evidence on the consequences of labour migration<br/>on receiving economies 1 144<br/>6.5 Conclusion and policy discussion 146<br/>Bibliography 148<br/>7. Education and human capital 161<br/>7.1 Introduction 162<br/>7.2 Human capital 162<br/>7.3 Education and the labour market 166<br/>7.4 Education and growth 170<br/>7.5 Education policies 174<br/>7.6 Conclusion 178<br/>Bibliography 179<br/>8. Labour market institutions 183<br/>8.1 Introduction 184<br/>8.2 Employment protection legisladon 186<br/>8.2.1 What is employment protection legislation? 186<br/>8.2.2 Measures and cross-country comparisons 188<br/>8.2.3 Theoretical background 194<br/>8.2.4 Empirical evidence 198<br/>8.2.5 Concluding remarks 201<br/>8.3 Minimum wages 202<br/>8.3.1 Minimum wage characteristics 202<br/>8.3.2 Cross-country comparisons 203<br/>8.3.3 Theoretical background 206<br/>8.3.4 Empirical evidence 206<br/>8.3.5 Concluding remarks 209<br/>8.4 Unemployment benefits 209<br/>8.4.1 Characterizing unemployment protection systems 210<br/>8.4.2 Theoretical background 213<br/>8.4.3 Empirical evidence 214<br/>8.4.4 Concluding remarks 215<br/>Bibliography 215<br/>9. Labour market policies for development 223<br/>9.1 Introduction 224<br/>9.2 What are labour market policies and why use them? 226<br/>9.3 Theoredcal and policy arguments for the udlizadon of<br/>abour market policies 231<br/>9.4 Labour market policies aroimd the world 233<br/>9.5 Challenges to implemendng labour market policies in developing countries 236<br/>9.6 Evidence from tbe global financial crisis of 2007-09 238<br/>9.7 Do labour market policies work? Findings from the impact<br/>evaluadon literature 243<br/>9.8 Empirical findings 247<br/>9.9 Conclusion 250<br/>Bibliography 250<br/>10. Labour market information and analysis systems 255<br/>10.1 Introducdon 256<br/>10.2 Conceptualizadon of LMIA systems 257<br/>10.2.1 Functions, components and levels 258<br/>10.2.2 Country examples 262<br/>10.2.3 Lessons from country examples 266<br/>10.3 Indicators 268<br/>10.3.1 Sets of labour market indicators 268<br/>10.3.2 MDG employment indicators as a framework for labour market analysis 271<br/>10.3.3 Employment targets and projections 275<br/>10.4 LMIA system development 278<br/>10.4.1 Information, capacity and institutional assessment 278<br/>10.4.2 Practical considerations 279<br/>Bibliography 281 |
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