Pubbl/distr/stampa	Geneva, : International Labour Office, 2012
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (121 p.)
Disciplina	331.125
Soggetto topico	Labor market Labor supply Unemployment Globalization
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	92-2-124925-5
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Executive summary; 1. The macroeconomic outlook is deteriorating; The global economy has been weakening rapidly; Short-term outlook; Forces acting over the medium term; Scenarios and policy responses; 2. Global labour market situation; Unemployment and labour force participation; Employment and labour productivity; Working poverty and vulnerable employment; A grim outlook for global labour markets; 3. Regional economic and labour market developments; Developed Economies and European Union; Central and South-Eastern Europe (non-EU) and CIS Latin America and the Caribbean East Asia; South-East Asia and the Pacific; South Asia; Middle East; North Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa; 4. Policy options for growth with jobs; A recap of jobs lost to the crisis; A worsening youth employment crisis; The global prospects for jobs; Macro policy options to promote growth with jobs; Bibliography; Annexes; Annex 1. Global and regional tables; Annex 2. Projections; Annex 3. Regional figures; Annex 4. Note on global and regional estimates; Annex 5. Note on global and regional projections; Tables; Table 1. Overview of fiscal austerity measures Table 2. Patterns of global growth Table 3. Employment and labour productivity growth, world and regions; Table 4. Labour market situation and outlook and GDP growth in the Developed Economies and European Union region; Boxes; Box 1. Sovereign debt problems in the euro zone; Box 2. Could financial market reforms increase employment growth?; Box 3. New ILO estimates of the world's working poor; Box 4. German wage developments and euro area troubles; Box 5. The importance of unemployment benefits for an employment recovery Box 6. Creating 2.4 million jobs and 7 million job-years in the United States through private investment Box 7. Informal employment in Kazakhstan; Box 8. Policy options for East Asia to prepare for a greying population; Box 9. Youth unemployment in Indonesia; Box 10. Tackling high and pervasive unemployment in Jordan; Box 11. The impact of the revolutions and political change; Box 12. LMIA systems and the use of DySAMs to assess employment creation in Mozambique; Country spotlights; Country spotlight 1. Growth and employment in Australia, Germany, Japan, Latvia, Spain and the United States Country spotlight 2. Growth and employment in the Republic of Moldova,the Russian Federation and Turkey Country spotlight 3. Growth and employment in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico; Country spotlight 4. Growth and employment in China, Hong Kong (China), Republic of Korea and Taiwan (China); Country spotlight 5. Growth and employment in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand; Country spotlight 6. Growth and employment in Egypt and Morocco; Country spotlight 7. Growth and employment in South Africa; Figures; Figure 1. Decomposition of demand conditions: Pre-crisis vs. crisis period Figure 2. Financing conditions (USA, euro area and Japan)
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910457843503321

Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Geneva, : International Labour Office, 2012
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (121 p.)
Disciplina	331.125
Soggetto topico	Labor market Labor supply Unemployment Globalization
ISBN	92-2-124925-5
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Executive summary; 1. The macroeconomic outlook is deteriorating; The global economy has been weakening rapidly; Short-term outlook; Forces acting over the medium term; Scenarios and policy responses; 2. Global labour market situation; Unemployment and labour force participation; Employment and labour productivity; Working poverty and vulnerable employment; A grim outlook for global labour markets; 3. Regional economic and labour market developments; Developed Economies and European Union; Central and South-Eastern Europe (non-EU) and CIS Latin America and the Caribbean East Asia; South-East Asia and the Pacific; South Asia; Middle East; North Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa; 4. Policy options for growth with jobs; A recap of jobs lost to the crisis; A worsening youth employment crisis; The global prospects for jobs; Macro policy options to promote growth with jobs; Bibliography; Annexes; Annex 1. Global and regional tables; Annex 2. Projections; Annex 3. Regional figures; Annex 4. Note on global and regional estimates; Annex 5. Note on global and regional projections; Tables; Table 1. Overview of fiscal austerity measures Table 2. Patterns of global growth Table 3. Employment and labour productivity growth, world and regions; Table 4. Labour market situation and outlook and GDP growth in the Developed Economies and European Union region; Boxes; Box 1. Sovereign debt problems in the euro zone; Box 2. Could financial market reforms increase employment growth?; Box 3. New ILO estimates of the world's working poor; Box 4. German wage developments and euro area troubles; Box 5. The importance of unemployment benefits for an employment recovery Box 6. Creating 2.4 million jobs and 7 million job-years in the United States through private investment Box 7. Informal employment in Kazakhstan; Box 8. Policy options for East Asia to prepare for a greying population; Box 9. Youth unemployment in Indonesia; Box 10. Tackling high and pervasive unemployment in Jordan; Box 11. The impact of the revolutions and political change; Box 12. LMIA systems and the use of DySAMs to assess employment creation in Mozambique; Country spotlights; Country spotlight 1. Growth and employment in Australia, Germany, Japan, Latvia, Spain and the United States Country spotlight 2. Growth and employment in the Republic of Moldova,the Russian Federation and Turkey Country spotlight 3. Growth and employment in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico; Country spotlight 4. Growth and employment in China, Hong Kong (China), Republic of Korea and Taiwan (China); Country spotlight 5. Growth and employment in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand; Country spotlight 6. Growth and employment in Egypt and Morocco; Country spotlight 7. Growth and employment in South Africa; Figures; Figure 1. Decomposition of demand conditions: Pre-crisis vs. crisis period Figure 2. Financing conditions (USA, euro area and Japan)
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910820044403321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Geneva, Switzerland : , : International Labour Organization, , 2014
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (120 p.)
Disciplina	650.14
Soggetto topico	Job hunting Employment (Economic theory) Unemployment
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	92-2-127486-1
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover; Copyright page; Contents; Tables; Boxes; Figures; Preface; Executive summary; 1. Macroeconomic challenges and global labour market developments; Figure 1. Global and regional GDP growth estimates and projections, 2011-15 (per cent); Figure 2. Evolution of global GDP growth estimates and projections, 2013 and 2014 (per cent); Figure 3. The crisis-related global jobs gap; Figure 4. Global unemployment trends and projections, 2003-18; Figure 5. Annual change in global unemployment and GDP growth,2000-18, baseline and downside scenario Table 1. Global, regional and country-specific estimates and projections of the total unemployment rate, 2007-16 (percentage points)Box 1. What explains differences in unemployment projections?; Figure 6. Average annual change in the youth unemployment rate,selected time periods (percentage points); Figure 7. Young people that are neither in employment, nor in education or training (NEET) as the share of the population aged 15-29(2007 and most recent year); Table 2. The global wage employment gap (millions) Figure 8. Annual output growth per worker, world and regions, selected periods (per cent)Figure 9. Estimated informal employment shares, 2011 (per cent); Figure 10. Average unemployment duration in selected economies (months); Figure 11. Macroeconomic uncertainty in selected economies; Figure 12. Contribution of hiring uncertainty to the increase in the unemployment rate since 2007 in the United States (percentage points); Figure 13. GDP growth rates in BRICS countries (per cent); Figure 14. Sectoral employment shares and economic development Figure 15. Trajectory of annual GDP per capita before and after the yeara country reaches US3,000 (constant 2005 PPP)Box 2. MDG employment indicators; Figure 16. Changes in employment by economic class,selected time periods and regions; 2. Regional economic and labour market developments; Table 3. Labour market situation and outlook in Developed Economies and European Union (per cent); Figure 17. Job losses by age group - Selected OECD economies (2012 vs 2007); Figure 18. Skills mismatch: 2005 vs 2012; Figure 19. Increase in unemployment driven by longer unemployment duration Box 3. Are house price cycles responsible for the slow jobs recovery?Figure 20. Changes in trend unemployment; Figure 21. GDP and employment recoveries around recession turning points (G7 countries); Table 4. Labour market situation and outlook in Central and South-Eastern Europe (non-EU) and CIS (per cent); Figure 22. Annual GDP growth in Latin America, 1991-2018 (per cent); Table 5. Labour market situation and outlook in Latin America and the Caribbean (per cent); Figure 23. Informal employment structure, 2009-12 (per cent); Figure 24. Labour productivity index, 2000-18 Box 4. Labour flows in Mexico: Formal versus informal flows of workers
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910463929703321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Washington : , : U.S. Government Publishing Office, , 2019
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (iii, 92 pages) : illustrations
Soggetto topico	Labor market - United States Labor supply - United States Labor supply - Effect of technological innovations on - United States Unemployment - United States Taxation - Economic aspects - United States Capital investments - Economic aspects - United States Capital investments - Economic aspects Economic history Labor market Labor supply Labor supply - Effect of technological innovations on Taxation - Economic aspects Unemployment
Soggetto genere / forma	Legislative hearings.
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Altri titoli varianti	Growth, opportunity, and change in the U.S. labor market and the American workforce
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910712062403321

Autore	Hansen Gary B
Edizione	[2nd ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Geneva, : Skills and Employability Dept., International Labour Office, 2009
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (90 p.)
Disciplina	300
Soggetto topico	Displaced workers Unemployment
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	92-2-113848-8
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover; Half title page; Title page; Copyright information; Preface; CONTENTS; Introduction; 1. Mass layoffs and worker displacement: Overview of the Problems; 1.1 Definitions of terms; 1.2 Extent and impact of worker displacement; 1.3 Overview of worker displacement problems; 1.4 Problems worker displacement creates for communities; 1.5 What communities can do to prevent worker dispalcement or minimize its impact; 2. Organize your community to help employers strengthen their businesses and avert layoffs; 2.1 Restructuring and layoffs: some fallacies of business life 2.2 Reasons for enterprises to restructure2.3 Community business retention/layoff aversion strategies; 2.4 Organize your community to retain businesses and avert layoffs; 2.5 Steps communities can take and tools that can be used to retain businesses and avert layoffs; 2.6 Steps to start a community business retention/layoff aversion program; ACTION MODULE: Steps to start a community business retention/layoff aversion program; 3. Assess your community's ability to respond quickly and effectively to worker displacement events 3.1 The importance and role of early warning networks, rapid response and industrial adjustment specialists3.2 Using rapid response worker adjustment programs in North America and Hungary; 3.3 Assess your community's rapid response worker adjustment and economic renewal needs and capacity; ACTION MODULE: Community worker adjustment needs and rapid response readiness checklist; 4. Steps IA Specialists take to set up worker adjustment programs and organize reemployment assistance committees to help displaced workers obtain services and find jobs 4.1 Role and functions of the reemployment assistance committee (RAC) in worker adjustment programs4.2 Steps IA specialists take to start and manage a worker adjustment program in a community; ACTION MODULE: Steps to start a rapid response worker adjustment program; 5. Set up a worker assistance resource center (WARC) to provide service to dispaced workers; 5.1 Role of the IA specialist and the RAC in setting up a WARC; 5.2 Layout and function of WARCs; 5.3 Worker adjustment services and the WARC; 6. Economic renewal strategies and tools communities can use to preserve and create jobs 6.1 Community assessment and planning for economic renewal6.2 Using community assessment and planning to facilitate economic renewal in Hungary; 6.3 Should your community undertake economic renewal?; Appendix A: Work-Sharing: An Alternative to Lay Off; Appendix B: Supplementary training modules and resource materials; Appendix C: List of Acronyms; Back cover
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910457830603321