Perspectives on labour economics for development / / edited by Sandrine Cazes and Sher Verick

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910814832703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Geneva, : International Labour Organization; New Delhi, : Academic Foundation, 2013
• ISBN: 92-2-126715-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): CazesSandrine; VerickSher
• Disciplina: 335.0631
• Soggetti: Labor economics; Labor market
• 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: Title page; Copyright page; Foreword; List of tables; List of figures; List of boxes; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction and overview; 1.1 Chapter summaries; Bibliography; 2 The labour market in developing countries*; Box 2.1 A "developing country"? An "emerging economy"?; 2.1 The employment consequences of abundant labour and scarce capital; Table 2.1 "Dual economy": A "traditional" and a "modern" economy; Figure 2.1 Shares of regions in world output noting the growth of developing Asia, 1973and 1998 (percentages); Figure 2.2 Population growth, 2000-10 (percentages)Figure 2.3 Share of US 1.25 per day working poor (percentages); 2.2 The persistence of informality; 2.3 Agriculture and the rural economy; 2.3.1 The weather, international commodity prices and growth; 2.3.2 Staying rural but moving off the farm; 2.3.3 Multiple job-holding; 2.4 Labour market structure and status in employment; 2.4.1 Non-market work: Work outside the scope of market transactions; 2.4.2 The labour force participation of women and the level of economic development; Figure 2.4 Share of contributing family members in total employment of youths aged 15-24 (percentages)2.4.3 Status in employment; Table 2.2 Definitions of status in employment; Figure 2.5 Share of employees in total employment and level of development, 2000-08(percentages); ; 2.4.4 Productivity variance within - ostensibly - the same product markets; 2.5 Structural transformation or the evolution of economic structure; 2.5.1 A brief word on trade and employment changes; 2.5.2 Concerns over the course of structural transformation; Figure 2.6 Relation between change in shares of agriculture in employment and vulnerability, 2009 Figure 2.7 Economic weight of the services sector and economic development; 2.6 Human capital and investment capital; 2.6.1 Education and structural transformation; Figure 2.8 Relation between educational attainment and share of agriculture in the economy (percentages); 2.7 Weak market integration; 2.7.1 Infrastructure; 2.8 Conclusion; Bibliography; 3 Growth, distribution, employment and poverty; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Growth, employment, inequality and poverty reduction: Theoretical insights and conceptual issues Box 3.1 How to measure inequality; Figure 3.1 The poverty-growth-inequality triangle; Figure 3.2 Virtuous circle of links among growth, employment and poverty reduction; 3.3 What do country experiences teach us?; Table 3.1 Relationship between GDP, employment, productivity growth and poverty reduction, 1980-2008; Box 3.2 Output-employment elasticities; 3.4 Supporting the growth-employment-poverty link through economic and social policies; Box 3.3 The importance of credit; 3.5 Conclusion; Box 3.4 Insurance provisions for informal workers
• Sommario/riassunto: In developing countries, labour markets play a central role in determining economic and social progress since employment status is a key determinant to exiting poverty and promoting inclusion. While governments are increasingly prioritizing policies which promote decent work, a better understandingis needed of the often complex relationship between labourmarkets and development.