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Record Nr.

UNINA9910172214903321

Titolo

In defence of labour market institutions : cultivating justice in the developing world / / edited by Janine Berg and David Kucera

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Houndsmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; ; New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008

ISBN

1-281-91475-4

9786611914752

0-230-58420-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2008.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (310 pages) : illustrations

Collana

The International Labour Organization

Altri autori (Persone)

BergJanine

KuceraDavid <1960->

Disciplina

331.1209172/4

Soggetti

Labor market - Developing countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers presented at a technical staff seminar at ILO headquarters in Geneva in Nov. 2005.

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 Labour Institutions in the Developing World: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives; 3 Measuring Labour Market Institutions: Conceptual and Methodological Questions on 'Working Hours Rigidity'; 4 Institutions and the Finance of General Skills Training: Evidence from Africa; 5 The Origins of Unemployment Insurance: Lessons for Developing Countries; 6 The Revival of Minimum Wage Setting Institutions

7 What Can the Labour Demand Function Tell Us About Wages and Employment? The Case of the Philippines8 The Impact of Trade Unions: What Do Economists Say?; 9 Labour Standards and Informal Employment in Latin America; 10 Legal Determinants of Labour Informality; 11 New Trends in Latin American Labour Reforms: The Law, its Reform and its Impact in Practical Terms; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Though labour market regulations have been blamed for the poor economic performance of many developing countries, the evidence on which this argument rests is weak. Through a survey of different labour market institutions in developing countries, this book reaffirms the



importance of labour market institutions in this era of globalization.