In defence of labour market institutions : cultivating justice in the developing world / / edited by Janine Berg and David Kucera
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| Titolo: |
In defence of labour market institutions : cultivating justice in the developing world / / edited by Janine Berg and David Kucera
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| Pubblicazione: | Basingstoke ; ; New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2008 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. 2008. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (310 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 331.1209172/4 |
| 331.12091724 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Labor market - Developing countries |
| Development economics | |
| Labor economics | |
| Development Economics | |
| Labor Economics | |
| Persona (resp. second.): | BergJanine |
| KuceraDavid <1960-> | |
| Note generali: | Papers presented at a technical staff seminar at ILO headquarters in Geneva in Nov. 2005. |
| Includes index. | |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 Labour Institutions in the Developing World: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives; 3 Measuring Labour Market Institutions: Conceptual and Methodological Questions on 'Working Hours Rigidity'; 4 Institutions and the Finance of General Skills Training: Evidence from Africa; 5 The Origins of Unemployment Insurance: Lessons for Developing Countries; 6 The Revival of Minimum Wage Setting Institutions |
| 7 What Can the Labour Demand Function Tell Us About Wages and Employment? The Case of the Philippines8 The Impact of Trade Unions: What Do Economists Say?; 9 Labour Standards and Informal Employment in Latin America; 10 Legal Determinants of Labour Informality; 11 New Trends in Latin American Labour Reforms: The Law, its Reform and its Impact in Practical Terms; Bibliography; Index | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Though labour market regulations have been blamed for the poor economic performance of many developing countries, the evidence on which this argument rests is weak. Through a survey of different labour market institutions in developing countries, this book reaffirms the importance of labour market institutions in this era of globalization. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | In defence of labour market institutions |
| ISBN: | 1-281-91475-4 |
| 9786611914752 | |
| 0-230-58420-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910172214903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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The International Labour Organization