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Record Nr.

UNINA9910172238503321

Titolo

World of work report 2009 [[electronic resource] ] : the global jobs crisis and beyond

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, : International Labour Organization, 2009

ISBN

92-9014-909-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (131 p.)

Soggetti

Labor market

Unemployment

Wages

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""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 impacts""; ""C. 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 sectors""; ""B. 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 2008""; ""Figure 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)""