Labour Market Institutions and Economic Performance
Title | Labour Market Institutions and Economic Performance PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Nickell |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Economics |
ISBN | 9780753012420 |
Labour Market Institutions and Economic Performance
Title | Labour Market Institutions and Economic Performance PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Nickell |
Publisher | |
Pages | 88 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Condiciones economicas |
ISBN |
Labour Markets, Institutions and Inequality
Title | Labour Markets, Institutions and Inequality PDF eBook |
Author | Janine Berg |
Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing |
Pages | 430 |
Release | 2015-01-30 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1784712108 |
Labour market institutions, including collective bargaining, the regulation of employment contracts and social protection policies, are instrumental for improving the well-being of workers, their families and society. In many countries, these instituti
In Defence of Labour Market Institutions
Title | In Defence of Labour Market Institutions PDF eBook |
Author | J. Berg |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 310 |
Release | 2008-02-22 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0230584209 |
Though labour market regulations have been blamed for the poor economic performance of many developing countries, the evidence on which this argument rests is weak. Through a survey of different labour market institutions in developing countries, this book reaffirms the importance of labour market institutions in this era of globalization.
Social Institutions and Economic Performance
Title | Social Institutions and Economic Performance PDF eBook |
Author | Wolfgang Streeck |
Publisher | Sage Publications (CA) |
Pages | 282 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN |
Proceeding from the insight that markets and rational economic action perform best if embedded in culturally and politically generated opportunities and constraints, Streeck offers a rationale for positive political intervention in post-socialist capitalist market economies.
The effects of competitive pressures on labour market institutions and economic performance
Title | The effects of competitive pressures on labour market institutions and economic performance PDF eBook |
Author | Tae Young Kang |
Publisher | |
Pages | 526 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Political Economy of Labour Market Institutions
Title | The Political Economy of Labour Market Institutions PDF eBook |
Author | Gilles Saint-Paul |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 289 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0198293321 |
According to most orthodox economists, labour market rigidities are the key culprit for such high unemployment as has been observed in Europe during the past three decades. But governments that have attempted to follow the standard prescription of removing rigidities have often faced harsh political opposition. This book looks at why labour market institutions such as employment protection, unemployment benefits, and relative wage rigidities exist, what role they play in society, why they seem so persistent, where the pressure to reform them comes from, and whether reform can be politically viable or not. The book ascribes a central role to the existence of underlying microeconomic frictions and to redistributive pressures between rich and poor, and shows how these ingredients may give rise to labour market rents, which in turn explain why a coherent set of rigidities arise as the outcome of the political process. It is also shown that, at the same time, such rents create resistance to reform, and contribute to locking society into a high-unemployment, rigid equilibrium. Finally, the basic principles exposed in the book are used to discuss various strategies for a successful labour market reform.