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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797499803321

Titolo

World employment social outlook : trends 2015 / / International Labour Organisation

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva : , : International Labour Office, , 2015

ISBN

92-2-129260-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (98 p.)

Collana

World Employment and Social Outlook

Disciplina

330.90511

Soggetti

Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009

Employment (Economic theory) - Social aspects - 21st century

Unemployment - 21st century

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

CONTENTS; List of figures; List of tables and boxes; Acknowledgements; Summary: Renewed turbulence over the employment horizon; 1. Global employment and social developments; Introduction; A. Labour market trends  ; B. Social developments and trends  ; Appendix; 2. Regional developments: An uneven and uncertain recovery; Developed economies and European Union ; Central and South-Eastern Europe (non-EU) and the CIS ; Latin America and the Caribbean  ; East Asia ; South East Asia and the Pacific ; South Asia  ; Middle East and North Africa ; Sub-Saharan Africa

3. Medium-term challenges for jobs with equity Introduction; A. Shrinking labour supply and population ageing  ; B. Changes in occupational patterns  ; C.  Income inequality and economic growth accelerations and slowdowns  ; Concluding remarks ; Appendix; Annexes; 1. Global and regional figures; 2. Labour market estimates and projections; 3. Occupational and sectoral employment estimates and projections; 4. Real wage growth estimates and projection; 5. Regional groupings; Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

The World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2015 includes a forecast of worsening global unemployment levels and explains the factors behind it, such as continuing inequality and falling wage shares. The report looks at the drivers of the rising middle class in the developing world as well as the risk of social unrest, especially in areas



of elevated youth unemployment.