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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464662603321

Titolo

A primer on policies for jobs [[electronic resource] /] / Raj Nallari ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2012

ISBN

1-283-44662-6

9786613446626

0-8213-8905-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (176 p.)

Collana

Directions in development. Human development

Altri autori (Persone)

NallariRaj <1955->

Disciplina

331.12/042

Soggetti

Labor market

Manpower policy

Entrepreneurship

Economic development

Electronic books.

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

The global labor market : trends and outcomes -- Job creation -- Labor market policies -- Education, skills and labor market outcomes -- Entrepreneurship, growth and job creation -- Jobs and globalization.

Sommario/riassunto

Recent events have required labor economists to rethink their approach toward the markets and this book aims to bring this rethinking to the forefront. The global economic crisis of 2008-2009, a rapidly changing demographic division, increasing youth unemployment rates (fuelling movements in places like the Middle-East) and an increasingly multi-polar world are contributing to shifts in the global labor market. Additionally, there has been an increased emphasis on small and medium term enterprises as their relevance to job creation becomes increasingly clear. These are few of the many global p