LEADER 04970nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910786023903321 005 20230803025254.0 010 $a92-2-126715-6 035 $a(CKB)2670000000328574 035 $a(EBL)1119735 035 $a(OCoLC)827208018 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001058964 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11558324 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001058964 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11081026 035 $a(PQKB)11031378 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1119735 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1119735 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10654471 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000328574 100 $a20111102d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aPerspectives on labour economics for development$b[electronic resource] /$fedited by Sandrine Cazes and Sher Verick 210 $aGeneva $cInternational Labour Organization ;$aNew Delhi $cAcademic Foundation$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (305 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a92-2-126714-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aTitle 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) 327 $aFigure 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 327 $aFigure 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 327 $aFigure 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 327 $a3.2 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 327 $aBox 3.4 Insurance provisions for informal workers 330 $aIn 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. 606 $aLabor economics 606 $aLabor market 607 $aDeveloping countries$xEconomic policy 615 0$aLabor economics. 615 0$aLabor market. 676 $a335.0631 701 $aCazes$b Sandrine$0918342 701 $aVerick$b Sher$0872515 712 02$aInternational Labour Office, 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786023903321 996 $aPerspectives on labour economics for development$93721847 997 $aUNINA