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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781584803321

Titolo

World of work report 2010 [[electronic resource] ] : from one crisis to the next?

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, : International Labour Office, 2010

ISBN

92-9014-949-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (140 p.)

Disciplina

331.09051

Soggetti

Labor market

Unemployment

Income distribution

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

Cover; Title page; Copyright; Editorial; Table of contents; Figures; Tables; Boxes; 1. World of work outlook: The challenge of a job-rich recovery; Main findings; Introduction; A. Employment snapshot; Figure 1.1 Total employment 2008-10 (change from the previous quarter, percentages); Figure 1.2 Employment patterns since the start of the crisis; Figure 1.3 Employment trends, by type of recovery (quarterly changes, percentages); Figure 1.4 Changes in total employment, by type of employment recovery and by country (percentages); Figure 1.5 Unemployment and long-term unemployment, 2008 to 2010

Figure 1.6 Change in employment composition among recovering countries Figure 1.7 Change in the employment structure, Q2 2009 to Q2 2008 (percentage points); Figure 1.8 Change in real wages, Q4 2007 to Q4 2009 (percentages); Figure 1.9 Percentage point change in the employment to population ratio Q1 2010 to Q1 2009; Figure 1.10 Discouraged workers and labour market withdrawal, 2009 to 2010; Figure 1.11 Time taken for youth employment to recover from earlier crises (years)

Box 1.1 Special focus on youth: Labour market detachment can have devastating and long-lasting effects on young men and women Figure 1.12 Proportion of temporary workers aged 15-24 who could not find permanent employment, 2009 (percentages); B. Employment outlook; Figure 1.13 Employment outlook in selected high-income countries,



2004-2015; Figure 1.14 Employment outlook in selected upper-middle-income countries,2007-2014; Figure 1.15 Employment outlook in selected lower-middle-income countries,2007-2012; Table 1.1 Employment gaps and recovery times in 68 countries by region

C. Promoting a quality, job-rich and sustainable recovery: The way forward Figure 1.16 Principal component analysis scores, by country and type of employment recovery as of 2009; Figure 1.17 Employment shares by type of worker in the Republic of Korea,1996-2002 (percentages); Box 1.2. Labour market deregulation during periods of crisis:The case of the Republic of Korea; Figure 1.18 Employment losses during the current crisis, by type (percentages); Appendix A: Country groupings by type of recovery and income level; Appendix B: The impact of financial crises on employment: An empirical analysis

Table A2.1 Definitions and sources of variables used in the regression analysis Table A2.2 Regression results; Table A2.3 Alternative estimators; Bibliography; 2. Global social climate: Trends and challenges for policy; Main findings; Introduction; A. Social climate since the start of the crisis; Figure 2.1 Perceived improvement in standard of living,2009 vs. 2006; Figure 2.2 General global decline in life satisfaction after the crisis; Figure 2.3 Lower confidence in government, especially among advanced and Central and Eastern European economies (percentages)

Figure 2.4 Recent trend in perception of unfairness (percentages)

Sommario/riassunto

Published annually by the International Institute for Labour Studies - the research arm of the ILO - the 2010 edition of "World of Work Report" assesses the state of labour markets worldwide amid the economic crisis and analyses the economic and social implications.