Global Labour in Distress, Volume II

This book, the second of two volumes, explores the transformations to the labour market observed since the offi cial end of the Cold War in 1991. This period is defi ned by the retreat of the state and a move towards more market-based economies, followed by a State comeback with the Great Recession. These bumpy decades for labour and changing labour policies are analysed thematically. The second volume focuses on labour earnings and inequality, underemployment, (in)decent work, and labour market policies. This book aims to examine how labour institutions, both in developed and developing countries, have responded to the challenges faced over the last 30 years. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in labour economics, political economy, and development economics. Pedro Goulart is Deputy Director of CAPP, "Excellent" research center and Assistant Professor at the Institute of Social and Political Sciences, Universidade deLisboa. Raul Ramos is Professor of Economics at the University of Barcelona.

Gianluca Ferrittu is a PhD candidate researcher at the Lisbon School of Economics & Management, Universidade de Lisboa.

Auteur

Pedro Goulart is Deputy Director of CAPP, "Excellent" research center and Assistant Professor at the Institute of Social and Political Sciences, Universidade de Lisboa.

Raul Ramos is Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Barcelona.

Gianluca Ferrittu is a Doctoral Researcher at the Lisbon School of Economics & Management, Universidade de Lisboa.

Texte du rabat

The second volume focuses on labour earnings and inequality, underemployment, (in)decent work, and labour market policies. This book aims to examine how labour institutions, both in developed and developing countries, have responded to the challenges faced over the last 30 years. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in labour economics, political economy, and development economics.

Contenu

1. Changing Perspectives on Inequality and Development.- 2. The Geography of Poverty, Inequality and Wealth in the UK and Abroad.- 3. Urban poverty and labor market dynamics in five Latin American countries.- 4. Economic transformation and the gender earnings gap in urban China.- 5. Unions and wage inequality.- 6. Wage gap and dispersion in a partially unionized structure in Turkey.- 7. Concepts and measurement in the European community household panel.- 8. Measuring Labour Mismatch in Europe.- 9. Workers and Labour Market Outcomes of Informal Jobs in Formal Establishments.- 10. How family-friendly work environments affect work/family conflict.- 11. How Employed Mothers in Australia Find Time for Both Market Work and Childcare.- 12. Utilization of Health Services and Health-Related Quality of Life Research of Rural-to-Urban Migrants in China.- 13. Institutions for high-quality growth.- 14. Illusions and Disillusions with Poverty Reduction Strategies.- 15. Labor market institutions and demographic employment patterns.- 16. Labor Standards and Labor Market Flexibility in East Asia.- 17. Minimum wages and poverty with income-sharing.- 18. Equilibrium unemployment and the duration of unemployment benefits.