Global labour in distress. Earnings, (in)decent work and institutions / Volume II, (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Earnings, (in)decent work and institutions
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Pedro Goulart, Raul Ramos, Gianluca Ferrittu.
• Editors: Goulart, Pedro; Ramos, Raúl, 1972-; Ferrittu, Gianluca
• Contents: Introduction: Policies for All Seasons: The Post-Cold War Era. Part I Inequality.- Income Inequality and Effectiveness in Redistribution. Changing Perspectives on Inequality and Development.Income Inequality and Labour.- Unions and Wage Inequality.Economic Transformation and the Gender Earnings Gap in Urban China.The Geography of Poverty, Inequality and Wealth in the UK and Abroad: Because Enough Is Never Enough.Measuring Inequality of Opportunity for the Backward Communities: Regional Evidence from the Indian Labour Market.The COVID-19 Pandemic, Economic Inequality and Democracy. Part II (In)decent Work.- Decent Work for Change. Minimum Wages and Poverty with Income-Sharing.What Is Unemployment in Europe? Concepts and Measurement in the European Community Household Panel.Workers and Labour Market Outcomes of Informal Jobs in Formal Establishments.The Rigidity of Labour Informality in Peru: The Need for a Paradigm Switch.(In)decent Work for Youth in Agro-Industrial Value Chains in Uganda.Corporate Responsibility and Gender: Failing Women Workers in Global Production.How Family-Friendly Work Environments Affect Work/ Family Conflict: A Meta-Analytic Examination.How Employed Mothers in Australia Find Time for Both Market Work and Childcare. Part III Labour and Institutions.- Labour Policies for All Tastes. Institutions for High-Quality Growth: What They Are and How to Acquire Them.Labor Standards and Labor Market Flexibility in East Asia.The Recent Movement Towards a Four-Day Working Week.Labor Market Institutions and Demographic Employment Patterns.Equilibrium Unemployment and the Duration of Unemployment Benefits.Social Protection Schemes in Ethiopia: The Productive Safety Net Program and the Community Based Health Insurance Scheme.How Impact Evaluation Is Shaping the Design of Labour Market Policies.Data Gap Analysis, Indicator Selection and Index Development: A Case for Developing Economies.Illusions and Disillusions with Poverty Reduction Strategies: Growth, Crisis and the MDGs in Bolivia, Honduras and Nicaragua.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 331; Labor economics; Equality -- Economic aspects; Underemployment
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030892654
• Related ISBNs: 9783030892647
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