The jobs crisis [[electronic resource] ] : household and government responses to the great recession in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (187 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.12/0420947
• Soggetto topico: Manpower policy - Europe, Eastern; Recessions - Europe, Eastern
• Soggetto geografico: Europe, Eastern Social policy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Overview; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Labor Market Impacts; Chapter 3 Household Coping Mechanisms; Chapter 4 Social Policy Responses to Protect Households; Chapter 5 Improving Responses to Subsequent Crises; References; Back Cover
• Sommario/riassunto: The financial crisis, which began in the United States and Western Europe swiftly expanded into an economic crisis throughout developing countries. The Eastern Europe and Central Asia region was hit harder than any other region in the world. Deteriorating macroeconomic conditions led to deteriorating household welfare, as unemployment increased. Those workers who kept their jobs took home smaller paychecks. Men became more highly represented among the unemployed, and youth struggled to secure their first job.Confronted by an income shock, families tried two strategies. First, families took ste
• Titolo autorizzato: The jobs crisis
• ISBN: 1-283-06609-2; 9786613066091; 0-8213-8743-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457054903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). . -Human development.