Crafting labor policy : techniques and lessons from Latin America / / edited by Indermit S. Gill, Claudio E. Montenegro, Dorte Domeland |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC, : World Bank |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (300 pages) |
Disciplina | 331.12/042/098 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
GillIndermit Singh <1961->
MontenegroClaudio DomelandDorte <1971-> |
Soggetto topico | Labor policy - Latin America |
ISBN |
1-280-08811-7
9786610088119 0-585-46037-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Tables and Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1 Labor Reform in Latin America during the 1990's ; PART I: Public and Private Sector Labor Markets in Brazil; 2 Improving Public Sector Efficiency in Brazil; 3 Assessing the Impact of Regulations on Informal Workers in Brazil ; PART II: Labor Supply and Labor Demand in Argentina; 4 Understanding Labor Supply Dynamics in Argentina ; 5 Increasing Labor Demand in Argentina; PART III: Earnings and Employment Outcomes in Chile; 6 Responding to Earnings Differentials in Chile
7 Dealing with Employment Instability in Chile 8 Some Guidelines for the New Decade: Summary and Conclusions; Technical Annexes; A Technical Annex to Chapter 2: The Public- Private Wage Gap; B Technical Annex to Chapter 5: Wage and Output Elasticities of Labor Demand; C Technical Annex to Chapter 6: The Quantile Regression; D Technical Annex to Chapter 7: Haindl s Labor Flows Model; Contributors; Index |
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In from the shadow [[electronic resource] ] : integrating Europe's informal labor / / Truman Packard, Johannes Koettl, Claudio E. Montenegro |
Autore | Packard Truman |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : World Bank, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (196 p.) |
Disciplina | 331 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
KoettlJohannes
MontenegroClaudio |
Collana | Directions in development. Human development |
Soggetto topico |
Informal sector (Economics) - Taxation - Europe
Taxation - Europe |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-87865-7
9786613719966 0-8213-9550-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Overview; What Is the Shadow Economy?; Why Does It Matter?; Figures; O.1 The Shadow Economy as a Percentage of Recorded GDP, Various Countries, 2007; O.2 Informal Work as a Percentage of the Labor Force; Who Is Working Informally in Europe's Shadow Economy?; Boxes; O.1 The Shadow Economy and Informal Employment: Terms Used in This Book; Structural Incentives Are Important, Particularly Taxation; Formal Work Should "Pay" for Low-Wage Earners; Labor Market Regulation Should Promote Formal Job Creation
Building Institutional Credibility and Trust in the State Is CriticalNotes; References; Chapter 1 Informal Employment in Europe's Shadow Economy; Europe's Informal Employment in Context; 1.1 Estimates of the Size of the Shadow Economy as a Percentage of GDP; 1.1 Grasping at Shadows? The Shadow Economy as a Percentage of GDP; 1.2 Percentage of the Labor Force in Informal Employment: Firm Size Criterion for Dependent Employed; 1.3 Percentage of the Labor Force in Informal Employment: Social Insurance Criterion for Dependent Employed; Tables 1.1 Informality Rates across Different Groups in Six New Member States, 2008 (percent)1.4 Extent of Informal Work by Contract Criterion; Profile of People Working Informally; 1.5 Informal Work in Europe Is Mainly Taken Up by Men; 1.6 Age Profile of People in Formal and Informal Employment; 1.7 Educational Attainment of People in Formal and Informal Employment; 1.8 Distribution of the Formally and Informally Employed across Skilled and Nonskilled, Manual and Nonmanual Work; 1.9 Distribution of Formally and Informally Employed across Economic Sectors 1.10 Informal Workers Who Say That They Belong to Groups Suffering Discrimination1.11 Are Those Working Informally More Likely to Belong to a Native Ethnic Minority?; 1.12 Share of Immigrants without the Right to Work because of Nationality in Formal and Informal Employment; 1.13 Share of Natives with Immigrant Background and Immigrants with the Right to Work because of Nationality in Formal and Informal Employment; The Economic Cycle and Movement across the Labor Market; 1.14 Informal Workers Who Have Experienced Long-Term Unemployment 1.15 In Most of Europe, Informal Employment Falls as Unemployment Rises1.16 Probability of Informal Work in Poland Grew in the High-Growth Years; 1.17 In Romania Movement from Unemployment into Informal Work Was Greater and Faster than into Formal Work; 1.18 The Share of the Labor Force in Informal Work Was Relatively Stable in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic; 1.19 The Probability of Moving from Formal Employment and Informal Employment to Unemployment Was Similar in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic; Notes; References Chapter 2 Conceptual Framework: More than Structural Incentives |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461844603321 |
Packard Truman | ||
Washington, D.C., : World Bank, 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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In from the shadow : : integrating Europe's informal labor / / Truman Packard, Johannes Koettl, Claudio Montenegro |
Autore | Packard Truman |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington DC : , : World Bank, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | pages cm |
Disciplina | 331 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
KoettlJohannes
MontenegroClaudio |
Collana | Directions in development |
Soggetto topico |
Informal sector (Economics) - Taxation - Europe
Taxation - Europe |
ISBN |
1-280-87865-7
9786613719966 0-8213-9550-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Overview; What Is the Shadow Economy?; Why Does It Matter?; Figures; O.1 The Shadow Economy as a Percentage of Recorded GDP, Various Countries, 2007; O.2 Informal Work as a Percentage of the Labor Force; Who Is Working Informally in Europe's Shadow Economy?; Boxes; O.1 The Shadow Economy and Informal Employment: Terms Used in This Book; Structural Incentives Are Important, Particularly Taxation; Formal Work Should "Pay" for Low-Wage Earners; Labor Market Regulation Should Promote Formal Job Creation
Building Institutional Credibility and Trust in the State Is CriticalNotes; References; Chapter 1 Informal Employment in Europe's Shadow Economy; Europe's Informal Employment in Context; 1.1 Estimates of the Size of the Shadow Economy as a Percentage of GDP; 1.1 Grasping at Shadows? The Shadow Economy as a Percentage of GDP; 1.2 Percentage of the Labor Force in Informal Employment: Firm Size Criterion for Dependent Employed; 1.3 Percentage of the Labor Force in Informal Employment: Social Insurance Criterion for Dependent Employed; Tables 1.1 Informality Rates across Different Groups in Six New Member States, 2008 (percent)1.4 Extent of Informal Work by Contract Criterion; Profile of People Working Informally; 1.5 Informal Work in Europe Is Mainly Taken Up by Men; 1.6 Age Profile of People in Formal and Informal Employment; 1.7 Educational Attainment of People in Formal and Informal Employment; 1.8 Distribution of the Formally and Informally Employed across Skilled and Nonskilled, Manual and Nonmanual Work; 1.9 Distribution of Formally and Informally Employed across Economic Sectors 1.10 Informal Workers Who Say That They Belong to Groups Suffering Discrimination1.11 Are Those Working Informally More Likely to Belong to a Native Ethnic Minority?; 1.12 Share of Immigrants without the Right to Work because of Nationality in Formal and Informal Employment; 1.13 Share of Natives with Immigrant Background and Immigrants with the Right to Work because of Nationality in Formal and Informal Employment; The Economic Cycle and Movement across the Labor Market; 1.14 Informal Workers Who Have Experienced Long-Term Unemployment 1.15 In Most of Europe, Informal Employment Falls as Unemployment Rises1.16 Probability of Informal Work in Poland Grew in the High-Growth Years; 1.17 In Romania Movement from Unemployment into Informal Work Was Greater and Faster than into Formal Work; 1.18 The Share of the Labor Force in Informal Work Was Relatively Stable in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic; 1.19 The Probability of Moving from Formal Employment and Informal Employment to Unemployment Was Similar in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic; Notes; References Chapter 2 Conceptual Framework: More than Structural Incentives |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790304903321 |
Packard Truman | ||
Washington DC : , : World Bank, , 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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In from the shadow : : integrating Europe's informal labor / / Truman Packard, Johannes Koettl, Claudio Montenegro |
Autore | Packard Truman |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington DC : , : World Bank, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | pages cm |
Disciplina | 331 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
KoettlJohannes
MontenegroClaudio |
Collana | Directions in development |
Soggetto topico |
Informal sector (Economics) - Taxation - Europe
Taxation - Europe |
ISBN |
1-280-87865-7
9786613719966 0-8213-9550-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Overview; What Is the Shadow Economy?; Why Does It Matter?; Figures; O.1 The Shadow Economy as a Percentage of Recorded GDP, Various Countries, 2007; O.2 Informal Work as a Percentage of the Labor Force; Who Is Working Informally in Europe's Shadow Economy?; Boxes; O.1 The Shadow Economy and Informal Employment: Terms Used in This Book; Structural Incentives Are Important, Particularly Taxation; Formal Work Should "Pay" for Low-Wage Earners; Labor Market Regulation Should Promote Formal Job Creation
Building Institutional Credibility and Trust in the State Is CriticalNotes; References; Chapter 1 Informal Employment in Europe's Shadow Economy; Europe's Informal Employment in Context; 1.1 Estimates of the Size of the Shadow Economy as a Percentage of GDP; 1.1 Grasping at Shadows? The Shadow Economy as a Percentage of GDP; 1.2 Percentage of the Labor Force in Informal Employment: Firm Size Criterion for Dependent Employed; 1.3 Percentage of the Labor Force in Informal Employment: Social Insurance Criterion for Dependent Employed; Tables 1.1 Informality Rates across Different Groups in Six New Member States, 2008 (percent)1.4 Extent of Informal Work by Contract Criterion; Profile of People Working Informally; 1.5 Informal Work in Europe Is Mainly Taken Up by Men; 1.6 Age Profile of People in Formal and Informal Employment; 1.7 Educational Attainment of People in Formal and Informal Employment; 1.8 Distribution of the Formally and Informally Employed across Skilled and Nonskilled, Manual and Nonmanual Work; 1.9 Distribution of Formally and Informally Employed across Economic Sectors 1.10 Informal Workers Who Say That They Belong to Groups Suffering Discrimination1.11 Are Those Working Informally More Likely to Belong to a Native Ethnic Minority?; 1.12 Share of Immigrants without the Right to Work because of Nationality in Formal and Informal Employment; 1.13 Share of Natives with Immigrant Background and Immigrants with the Right to Work because of Nationality in Formal and Informal Employment; The Economic Cycle and Movement across the Labor Market; 1.14 Informal Workers Who Have Experienced Long-Term Unemployment 1.15 In Most of Europe, Informal Employment Falls as Unemployment Rises1.16 Probability of Informal Work in Poland Grew in the High-Growth Years; 1.17 In Romania Movement from Unemployment into Informal Work Was Greater and Faster than into Formal Work; 1.18 The Share of the Labor Force in Informal Work Was Relatively Stable in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic; 1.19 The Probability of Moving from Formal Employment and Informal Employment to Unemployment Was Similar in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic; Notes; References Chapter 2 Conceptual Framework: More than Structural Incentives |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910821778003321 |
Packard Truman | ||
Washington DC : , : World Bank, , 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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