Switzerland / / Ana Teresa Romero and Raymond Torres

• Autore: Romero Ana Teresa
• Pubblicazione: Geneva, : International Labour Office, 2001
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (124 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Foreign trade and employment - Switzerland; International economic integration - Social aspects; Globalization - Social aspects
• Soggetto geografico: Switzerland Social conditions
• Altri autori: TorresRaymond
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-108) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- Figure 1 COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ON SWISS ECONOMY -- Note -- PART I TRENDS IN GLOBALIZATION AND SOCIAL PROGRESS PART I -- A. THE DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS OF GLOBALIZATION -- Investment activities intensify -- Figure 2 Trade and investment flows, 1980-97 -- Table 1 Participation of Swiss enterprises in cross-border mergers and acquisitions,1 -- New developments in trade -- Changing characteristics of production organization -- Table 2 Direction of foreign trade, 1980 and 1997 -- Figure 3 Selected characteristics of gross domestic expenditure on R& -- D in Switzerland and in selected European countries, 199 -- B. AN OVERVIEW OF SOCIAL INDICATORS -- Structural changes in the labour market -- Figure 4 Labour market trends, 1970-98 -- Figure 5 Employment growth in selected industrialized countries, 1990-97 -- Figure 6 Unemployment rates in Switzerland, the EU and the OECD, 1988-97 -- Changes in the foreign workforce -- Table 3 Unemployment rate among registered unemployed persons, 1991-98 -- Figure 7 Foreign workers by type of permit, 1980-98 -- Long-term unemployment -- Pay -- Figure 8 Long-term unemployed as a percentage of total unemployed by age, sex, region 1 and origin, 1993 and June 1998 -- Figure 9 Growth in nominal and real wages,1 1985-97 -- Table 4 Relative earnings by sex and education in Switzerland and selected European countries, 1995 -- Quality of employment -- Precarious employment and labour market exclusion: New preoccupations -- Education and training -- Industrial relations -- Table 5 Strikes and lockouts in selected European countries, 1980-96 -- Table 6 Changes in trade union density in selected European countries, 1985 and 1995 -- Core labour standards -- Notes. ; PART I I ASSESSING THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION -- A. PATTERNS OF COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE -- Table 7 Main merchandise exports by selected product groups, 1980 and 1997 -- Table 8 Main merchandise imports by selected product groups, 1980 and 1997 -- Table 9 Revealed comparative advantage,1 1980-96 -- Impact on the labour market -- Figure 10 Labour market characteristics of Switzerland's industrial specialization, 1994 -- Table 10 Panel estimation of the relative wage equation -- Main characteristics of niche industries -- Skill-based technological change -- Changes in labour-related policies and practices -- Hours of work -- Table 11 Regular weekly hours of work in enterprises by selected sectors and industries, 1985-97 -- International investment and employment -- B. POSSIBLE IMPEDIMENTS TO LARGE GAINS FROM GLOBALIZATION -- Tight macroeconomic conditions -- Figure 11 Switzerland's share of exports in world exports, 1980-97 -- Figure 12 Real effective exchange rate, 1980-98 (1977 = 100) -- A weak domestic competitive environment -- Figure 13 Purchasing power parity (PPP) versus GNP per capita in the OECD, 1996 -- Figure 14 Hourly wages: The gap between the cost for employers and the purchasing power of wages for workers,1 1996 -- Notes -- PART III POLICY ISSUES -- A. CREATING A MARKET-ORIENTED ENVIRONMENT AND POSITIVE ATTITUDES TO COMPETITION -- Federal Law on the Internal Market (LMI) -- Federal Law on Technical Barriers to Trade (LETC) -- Federal Law on Cartels and Other Restrictions to Competition (LCart) -- B. TRAINING -- The background -- Reasons for change -- C. MIGRATION -- Table 12 Intra-EU migration, 1990-96 -- D. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND SOCIAL PEACE -- Coverage of agreements -- Extension mechanisms -- Box 1 Attenuating the social cost of adjustment: -- Bargaining levels. ; Temporary dispensations from specific provisions of the collective agreement -- E. LEGISLATION ON WORK CONTRACTS -- Table 13 Legislative requirements for terminations of employment, up to the end of 1997 -- F. RESPONSES TO CHANGING LABOUR MARKET CONDITIONS -- Switzerland's active labour market policy -- Social welfare -- Social benefits and labour market reintegration -- Notes -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- ANNEX 1 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN A GLOBALIZED CONTEXT -- Notes -- ANNEX 2 DATA SOURCES AND CONSTRUCTION FOR THE ANALYSIS OF PART II, SECTION A -- Table A1 Correspondence between the Swiss industrial classification and three-digit SITC codes -- Table A2 Classification of industries according to product differentiation -- ANNEX 3 PRESENT AND FUTURE POLICIES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING MIGRANT WORKERS -- Current regulatory framework -- Future arrangements -- Note -- ANNEX 4 COPING WITH DIFFICULTIES: AN EXAMPLE OF TEMPORARY DISPENSATIONS FROM SPECIFIC PROVISIONS OF THE COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT FOR THE MACHINERY INDUSTRY -- Notes -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
• Titolo autorizzato: Switzerland
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807210203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies on the social dimensions of globalization.