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Care Work : The Quest for Security [[electronic resource]]
| Care Work : The Quest for Security [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Daly Mary |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Geneva, CHE, : International Labour Office Bureau International du Travail, 20011101 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (267 p.) |
| Disciplina | 362.1023 |
| Soggetto topico |
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Labor Caregivers - Government policy Caregivers - Economic conditions Caregivers - Finance Home care services Social Welfare & Social Work - General Social Welfare & Social Work Social Sciences |
| ISBN | 1-280-02822-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910449837503321 |
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| Geneva, CHE, : International Labour Office Bureau International du Travail, 20011101 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Care Work : The Quest for Security [[electronic resource]]
| Care Work : The Quest for Security [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Daly Mary |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Geneva, CHE, : International Labour Office Bureau International du Travail, 20011101 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (267 p.) |
| Disciplina | 362.1023 |
| Soggetto topico |
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Labor Caregivers - Government policy Caregivers - Economic conditions Caregivers - Finance Home care services Social Welfare & Social Work - General Social Welfare & Social Work Social Sciences |
| ISBN | 1-280-02822-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777081703321 |
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Daly Mary
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| Geneva, CHE, : International Labour Office Bureau International du Travail, 20011101 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Care Work : The Quest for Security [[electronic resource]]
| Care Work : The Quest for Security [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Daly Mary |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Geneva, CHE, : International Labour Office Bureau International du Travail, 20011101 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (267 p.) |
| Disciplina | 362.1023 |
| Soggetto topico |
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
Labor Caregivers - Government policy Caregivers - Economic conditions Caregivers - Finance Home care services Social Welfare & Social Work - General Social Welfare & Social Work Social Sciences |
| ISBN | 1-280-02822-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- INTRODUCTION Mary Daly and Guy Standing -- The time squeeze -- The need for voice -- The future of care work -- Structure of the study -- PART I CARE AS DECENT WORK -- 1 CARE WORK: OVERCOMING INSECURITY AND NEGLECT Guy Standing -- Introduction -- Care, identity and citizenship -- Care work: A framework -- Figure 1.1 The social process of care -- Compensation: From gift to market -- Income security: The role of the State -- Conclusion -- 2 CARE POLICIES IN WESTERN EUROPE Mary Daly -- Conceptualizations and definitions of care -- The evolution of care as a concept -- Care as a social policy analysis tool -- Policy parameters of care -- Table 2.1 Universe of provision for care -- Provision for care in European welfare states -- General outline of trends in provision -- Public policies on care in European welfare states -- Models of managing care in European welfare states -- Table 2.2 Clustering of European countries on the basis of their provision for children -- Table 2.3 Clustering of European countries on the basis of their provision for the elderly -- Evaluating alternative ways of compensating for care -- The different features of care as a policy good -- Considering the likely effects of different policy measures -- Table 2.4 How policy provisions rate in relation to different objectives -- Overview -- 3 LEGITIMIZING CARE WORK AND THE ISSUE OF GENDER EQUALITY Jane Lewis -- The crisis in care -- Care and the erosion of the male breadwinner model -- Table 3.1 Labour force participation as a percentage of population from age 15-64 -- Table 3.2 Part-time employment in 13 OECD countries ranked by part-time employment as a proportion of female employment (1979 and 1995, percentages)1.
Figure 3.1 Patterns of male and female paid work and arrangements for care -- Anxieties about growing individualism and the implications for care -- The nature of care work and an ethic of care -- Policy implications -- PART II CARE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES -- 4 DEVELOPMENT, FREEDOM AND CARE: THE CASE OF INDIA Umadevi Sambasivan -- Introduction -- Individualism and care in industrialized countries -- The familial self in India -- The self and child-care practices in India -- The elderly in Indian society -- Conclusion -- 5 EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT IN INDIA: SOME POLICY ISSUES Rekha Wazir -- Introduction -- The case for ECCD -- ECCD in the Indian context -- ECCD indicators -- Table 5.1 Child survival and development -- ECCD programmes -- Key policy issues -- Conclusion: The need for dialogue -- 6 CHILD CARE AS PUBLIC POLICY IN BRAZIL Bila Sorj -- Introduction -- Profile of the supply and demand for crèches and pre-school nurseries -- Types of pre-school -- Pre-school management -- Child care as a social good -- Social struggles -- Public policies -- Child care as a "right to education" -- Tensions and ambiguities -- Conclusion -- 7 SOCIAL SUPPORT FOR HOME-BASED CARE IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION Liana Lakunina, Natalia Stepantchikova and Tatyana Tchetvern -- Introduction -- The background to social protection policies as they relate to care -- Privileges to workers providing care for family members -- System of state support for persons in need of care -- Income benefits -- Table 7.1 The most widespread social benefits and allowances for child care (Russian Federation) -- Social-service-related assistance to the elderly and the disabled -- Table 7.2 Evolution of home-based social services -- Efficiency of the social protection system -- Table 7.3 Ratio of minimum social guarantees to the subsistence minimum. Reforming the social protection system -- PART III CARE IN INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES -- 8 THE POLITICS OF SOCIAL CARE IN FINLAND: CHILD AND ELDER CARE IN TRANSITION Anneli Anttonen -- Introduction -- The Scandinavian social care regime -- Finnish child-care policy: Universalism and pluralism -- Table 8.1 Publicly funded day care for children in Finland, 1965-98 -- Table 8.2 Care of children under age 3 in Finland, 1985-98 -- Elder care in transition -- Support for informal caring: The system of home-care allowances -- Table 8.3 The primary sources of help among people aged 65+ in Finland in 1994 -- Table 8.4 Care service provision for older people in Finland in 1998 -- Conclusion -- 9 CARE WORK: INNOVATIONS IN THE NETHERLANDS Trudie Knijn -- Introduction -- Welfare state and care discourse -- The care-gap discourse -- Substitution of formal by informal care discourse -- The care and work discourse -- The care and citizenship discourse -- The ethics of care discourse -- Care as a dimension of the "Combination Scenario" -- Table 9.1 Types of families with children, 1998 -- Do women gain? -- Care work: Another private solution -- Conclusion -- 10 ACCOUNTING FOR CARE IN THE UNITED STATES Nancy Folbre -- Introduction -- Defining care -- The care labour force in the United States -- The decline of home-making -- Time-use surveys -- Employment in care occupations -- Employment in care industries -- Three care industries -- Health care -- Child care -- Elder care -- Public support for care in the United States -- Support for child rearing -- Child care -- Elder care -- Conclusion -- PART lV REPRESENTATION FOR CARE WORK -- 11 FROM PRIVATE CARER TO PUBLIC ACTOR: THE CARERS' MOVEMENT IN ENGLAND Marian Barnes -- Introduction -- The National Council for the Single Woman and her Dependants -- "A stronger voice". The Birmingham Community Care Special Action Project (CCSAP) -- Consolidation -- Informal care and the State -- What do carers want from community care? -- Conclusion -- 12 CARING FOR CARERS: AN EXAMPLE FROM IRELAND Eddie Collins-Hughes -- Introduction -- The Carers Association of Ireland -- Lobbying and advocacy -- Providing for the needs of carers -- The future -- 13 CREATING UNIONS, CREATING EMPLOYERS: A LOS ANGELES HOME-CARE CAMPAIGN Jess Walsh -- Introduction -- The home-care industry and labour market -- Creating a union of independent providers in Los Angeles -- The emergence of the public authority model -- Establishing a public authority in LA County -- Home-care workers and consumers emerge as a political force -- Back to the State: Reforming home-care funding in California -- Conclusions: Security of care, security of work -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816539903321 |
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Daly Mary
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| Geneva, CHE, : International Labour Office Bureau International du Travail, 20011101 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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HIV/AIDS's and the World of Work : An ILO Code of Practice [[electronic resource]]
| HIV/AIDS's and the World of Work : An ILO Code of Practice [[electronic resource]] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Geneva, CHE, : International Labour Office Bureau International du Travail, 20010101 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (74 p.) |
| Disciplina | 362.1/969792 |
| Soggetto topico |
HEALTH & FITNESS
Diseases / AIDS & HIV HIV-positive persons - Employment AIDS (Disease) - Employment - Patients AIDS (Disease) - Social aspects AIDS (Disease) - Economic aspects Industrial hygiene - Law and legislation HIV Infections Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Employment Occupational Health Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes Health Lentivirus Infections Socioeconomic Factors Slow Virus Diseases Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral Population Characteristics Retroviridae Infections Immune System Diseases Sexually Transmitted Diseases Virus Diseases Health Care Diseases RNA Virus Infections Communicable Diseases Public Health Health & Biological Sciences |
| ISBN | 1-280-02826-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450233403321 |
| Geneva, CHE, : International Labour Office Bureau International du Travail, 20010101 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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HIV/AIDS's and the World of Work : An ILO Code of Practice [[electronic resource]]
| HIV/AIDS's and the World of Work : An ILO Code of Practice [[electronic resource]] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Geneva, CHE, : International Labour Office Bureau International du Travail, 20010101 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (74 p.) |
| Disciplina | 362.1/969792 |
| Soggetto topico |
HEALTH & FITNESS
Diseases / AIDS & HIV HIV-positive persons - Employment AIDS (Disease) - Employment - Patients AIDS (Disease) - Social aspects AIDS (Disease) - Economic aspects Industrial hygiene - Law and legislation HIV Infections Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Employment Occupational Health Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes Health Lentivirus Infections Socioeconomic Factors Slow Virus Diseases Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral Population Characteristics Retroviridae Infections Immune System Diseases Sexually Transmitted Diseases Virus Diseases Health Care Diseases RNA Virus Infections Communicable Diseases Public Health Health & Biological Sciences |
| ISBN | 1-280-02826-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783080403321 |
| Geneva, CHE, : International Labour Office Bureau International du Travail, 20010101 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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HIV/AIDS's and the World of Work : An ILO Code of Practice
| HIV/AIDS's and the World of Work : An ILO Code of Practice |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Geneva, CHE, : International Labour Office Bureau International du Travail, 20010101 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (74 p.) |
| Disciplina | 362.1/969792 |
| Soggetto topico |
HEALTH & FITNESS
Diseases / AIDS & HIV HIV-positive persons - Employment AIDS (Disease) - Employment - Patients AIDS (Disease) - Social aspects AIDS (Disease) - Economic aspects Industrial hygiene - Law and legislation HIV Infections Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Employment Occupational Health Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes Health Lentivirus Infections Socioeconomic Factors Slow Virus Diseases Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral Population Characteristics Retroviridae Infections Immune System Diseases Sexually Transmitted Diseases Virus Diseases Health Care Diseases RNA Virus Infections Communicable Diseases Public Health Health & Biological Sciences |
| ISBN | 1-280-02826-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Preface -- Participants -- Contents -- 1.Objective -- 2.Use -- 3.Scope and terms used in the code -- 3.1. Scope -- 3.2. Terms used in the code -- 4.Key principles -- 4.1. Recognition of HIV/AIDS as a workplace issue -- 4.2. Non-discrimination -- 4.3. Gender equality -- 4.4. Healthy work environment -- 4.5. Social dialogue -- 4.6. Screening for purposes of exclusion from employment or work processes -- 4.7. Confidentiality -- 4.8. Continuation of employment relationship -- 4.9. Prevention -- 4.10. Care and support -- 5.General rights and responsibilities -- 5.1. Governments and their competent authorities -- 5.2. Employers and their organizations -- 5.3. Workers and their organizations -- 6.Prevention through information and education -- 6.1. Information and awareness-raising campaigns -- 6.2. Educational programmes -- 6.3. Gender-specific programmes -- 6.4. Linkage to health promotion programmes -- 6.5. Practical measures to support behavioural change -- 6.6. Community outreach programmes -- 7.Training -- 7.1. Training for managers, supervisors and personnel officers -- 7.2. Training for peer educators -- 7.3. Training for workers' representatives -- 7.4. Training for health and safety officers -- 7.5. Training for factory/labour inspectors -- 7.6. Training for workers who come into contact with human blood and other body fluids -- 8.Testing -- 8.1. Prohibition in recruitment and employment -- 8.2. Prohibition for insurance purposes -- 8.3. Epidemiological surveillance -- 8.4. Voluntary testing -- 8.5. Tests and treatment after occupational exposure -- 9.Care and support -- 9.1. Parity with other serious illnesses -- 9.2. Counselling -- 9.3. Occupational and other health services -- 9.4. Linkages with self-help and community-based groups -- 9.5. Benefits -- 9.6. Social security coverage -- 9.7. Privacy and confidentiality.
9.8. Employee and family assistance programmes -- Appendix I: Basic facts about the epidemic and its implications -- Facts about HIV and AIDS -- Demographic and labour force impact -- Conditions that contribute to vulnerability -- The special needs of the informal sector -- The gender dimension -- Appendix II: Infection control in the workplace -- A. Universal blood and body-fluid precautions -- B: Selected guidelines and Universal Precautions on infection control -- Appendix III A checklist for planning and implementing a workplace policy on HIV/AIDS -- Appendix IV ILO documents -- Appendix V International and national guidelines on HIV/AIDS -- Appendix VI Sectoral codes, guidelines and information -- Appendix VII Selected educational and training materials and other information. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810878603321 |
| Geneva, CHE, : International Labour Office Bureau International du Travail, 20010101 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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South Africa [[electronic resource]]
| South Africa [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Hayter Susan |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Geneva, CHE, : International Labour Office Bureau International du Travail, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (125 p.) |
| Collana | Studies on the social dimensions of globalization |
| Soggetto topico |
Foreign trade and employment - South Africa
International economic integration - Social aspects Globalization - Social aspects - South Africa BUSINESS & ECONOMICS International / Economics Labor & Workers' Economics Business & Economics |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782915803321 |
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Hayter Susan
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| Geneva, CHE, : International Labour Office Bureau International du Travail, 2000 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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South Africa [[electronic resource]]
| South Africa [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Hayter Susan |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Geneva, CHE, : International Labour Office Bureau International du Travail, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (125 p.) |
| Disciplina | 330.968 |
| Collana | Studies on the social dimensions of globalization |
| Soggetto topico |
Foreign trade and employment - South Africa
International economic integration - Social aspects Globalization - Social aspects - South Africa BUSINESS & ECONOMICS International / Economics Labor & Workers' Economics Business & Economics |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- Figure 1 Trends in economic growth and per capita income, 1980-98 -- PART I TRENDS IN GLOBALIZATION AND SOCIAL PROGRESS -- A. THE DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS OF GLOBALIZATION -- Trade liberalization -- The liberalization of capital flows -- Table 1 Average weighted import tariff rates -- Global integration of the South African economy -- Figure 2 Trade flows and openness, 1980-97 -- Figure 3 Foreign direct investment (FDI) and portfolio investment flows, 1980-98 -- Figure 4 Sectoral and geographic composition of FDI inflows, 1994-98 -- Table 2 Foreign trading of equities, 1991-98 -- Table 3 International comparison of number of Internet hosts for selected middle-income countries, July 1998 -- Conclusion -- B. AN OVERVIEW OF SOCIAL PROGRESS INDICATORS -- Employment and unemployment -- Table 4 Poverty rate and social indicators by population group, 1993 -- Table 5 International comparison of social indicators for selected middle-income countries, 1997 -- Figure 5 Non-agricultural employment, 1980-98 -- Figure 6 South Africa: Studies on the social dimensions Public sector Mining Manufacturing Public sector Mining Manufacturi -- Figure 7 Employment, value added and labour productivity growth in the non-agricultural sector, 1980-98 -- Table 6 Unemployment and employment rates by population group and sex, 1994-97 -- Wages -- Table 7 Unemployment by education and sex, 1995 -- Table 8 Trends in real wages and labour productivity, 1990-97 -- Figure 8 Relative wages by population group and economic sector, 1980-97 -- Income distribution -- Table 9 Indicators of income distribution in selected middle-income countries -- Table 10 Income inequality by population group, 1990 1 and 1995 -- Unequal opportunities.
Table 11 Level of education by population group and sex, 1995 -- Table 12 Average earnings by level of education, population group and sex, 1994 -- Figure 9 Access to electricity, water and telephone by population group -- Employment quality -- Figure 10 Employment status by population group and sex, 1993 -- Table 13 Employment status in a sample of manufacturing enterprises, 1996 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- PART I I ASSESSING THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION -- A. PATTERNS OF COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE -- Figure 11 Growth of manufacturing imports by product type, 1994-97 -- Figure 12 Export structure by main sectors, 1980, 1993 and 1997 -- Table 14 Main export and import products, 1985 and 1996 -- Table 15 Evolution of the world markets for main export products, 1980-96 -- Figure 13 Composition of manufacturing exports and imports by factor intensity, 1993 and 1997 -- Table 16 Composition of exports by geographic destination, 1996 -- B. TRADE LIBERALIZATION, EMPLOYMENT AND AGGREGATE INCOME -- Comparisons between sectors -- Figure 14 Trade and economic performance by economic sector, 1994-97 -- Figure 15 Labour market performance in the non-agricultural sector, 1994-97 -- Table 17 Summary of classifications of manufacturing sectors -- Table 18 Trade orientation by economic sector, 1993 and 1997 -- Table 19 Employment, labour productivity, wages and exports of manufacturing sectors by trade orientation, 1997 -- Figure 16 Trade, economic and labour market performance of manufacturing sectors by trade orientation, 1994-97 -- Figure 17 Trade, economic and labour market performance of manufacturing sectors by natural resource intensity, 1994-97 -- Figure 18 Trade, economic and labour market performance of manufacturing sectors by capital intensity, 1994-97. Figure 19 Trade, economic and labour market performance of manufacturing sectors by initial level of tariff rates, 1994-97 -- Figure 20 Trade, economic and labour market performance of manufacturing sectors by magnitude of the decrease in tariff rates, 1994-98 -- Review of the relevant literature -- Box 1 Why is South Africa a capital-intensive economy? -- Conceptual considerations -- Figure 21 Evolution of cost competitiveness, 1990-98 -- Empirical analysis -- Figure 22 Production prices by factor intensity, 1994-98 -- Figure 23 Capital-labour ratios by economic sector, 1980-95 (1980=100) -- Table 20 Investment and employment variation in manufacturing sectors, 1997 -- Figure 24 Gross domestic fixed investment and gross domestic savings, 1980-98 -- C. GLOBALIZATION AND INCOME INEQUALITIES -- Notes -- PART III POLICY ISSUES -- A. INDUSTRIAL POLICY, TRADE REFORM AND PERSPECTIVES OF REGIONAL INTEGRATION -- Trade reform and industrial policy -- Competition policy -- Equal access to productive assets -- Regional integration -- B. IMPROVING ACCESS TO EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT -- C. LABOUR MARKET REGULATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS -- Rationale behind recent labour market reform -- Labour market regulation and adaptability -- Table 21 International comparison of legislation on dismissals and fixed- term contracts -- Figure 25 Mean wages for elementary occupations and unemployment rates by province -- Collective bargaining -- Table 22 Collective bargaining coverage in the non-agricultural sector, 1993-97 -- Table 23 International comparison of collective bargaining systems -- Table 24 Labour market institutions, 1993-97 1 -- Social dialogue at national level -- Conclusion -- D. THE SOCIAL SAFETY NET -- Conclusion -- Notes -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- ANNEX I THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL APPROACHES TO THE ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF TRADE LIBERALIZATION. Theoretical perspectives -- Figure A1 Output and consumption effects of freer trade -- Figure A2 The impact of freer trade on output and employment when relative wages are fixed -- Econometric estimates: methodology and results -- Table A1 Sectoral employment determinants: econometric results -- dependent variable: employment -- ANNEX 2 DATA SOURCES -- Table A2 Statistics: Sources and definitions -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910825568403321 |
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Hayter Susan
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| Geneva, CHE, : International Labour Office Bureau International du Travail, 2000 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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