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Author: Jesus Felipe
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2006-07-03
Total Pages: 725
ISBN-13: 0230627382
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume argues that while labour market reforms may be necessary in some specific cases, by no means are labour market policies the main explanation for the widespread increase in unemployment and underemployment across Asia and country specific studies undermine the case for across-the-board labour market reforms.
Author: Gordon Betcherman
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 516
ISBN-13: 9780821344781
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book looks at the impacts of the Asian economic crisis on the labor market, examining how various countries respondedIt identifies the labour policy reforms needed in areas of unemployment benefit, active labour market programs, support for vulnerable groups and social dialogue.
Author: Caroline Brassard
Publisher: Academic Foundation
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9788171885398
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPapers presented at the Conference on Regulation, Deregulation and Reregulation, held at Singapore during 22-24 March 2004.
Author: Jesus Felipe
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Published: 2005
Total Pages: 108
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Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2015-12-22
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9004262733
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFollowing the Asian economic crisis of the 1990s, this is the first book to examine the structure and transformation of the labor markets and social stratification of contemporary East Asia, namely Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and China, focusing in particular on gender inequality. It deals with social mobility and gender differences in unemployment, temporary employment and self-employment. Additionally, gender segregation, social identity and suicide rates are also addressed. Taken together, the issues raised in this volume reinforce the advantage of a comparative approach to East Asian Studies. The findings, supported by strong statistical analysis, clearly call into question a longstanding view that East Asian gender regimes and class structure are homogeneous. Indeed, this is demonstrably not the case, as Labor Markets, Gender and Social Stratification in East Asia shows, revealing as it does considerable diversities in labor markets, gender regimes, and social mobility within East Asian societies due to historical and institutional differences. Contributors include: Chang Chin-Fen, Kim Young-Mi, Oda Akiko, Phang Hanam, Sakaguchi Yusuke, Shibata Haruka, Takamatsu Rie, Takenoshita Hirohisa, Tarohmaru Hiroshi, Xie Guihua, and Yamato Reiko.
Author: Asian Development Bank
Publisher: Asian Development Bank
Published: 2021-12-01
Total Pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9292692518
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis report examines the impacts of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on labor markets in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam. Labor markets in Southeast Asia were particularly hit hard in 2020, when government containment measures were most severe. COVID-19 has exacerbated growing inequalities in the region—hurting not just low-skilled workers but also middle-skilled workers whose jobs were already at risk from automation even before the pandemic. Large gaps in social protection coverage were also exposed. While the policy response has been significant, a narrowing fiscal space and the protracted nature of the pandemic still pose major challenges for recovery. The report aims to help policymakers identify priorities, constraints, and opportunities for developing effective labor market strategies for economic recovery and beyond.
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Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 1995-01-01
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 9780821333440
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWorld Development Report 1995: Workers in an Integrating World addresses labor and employment--issues that are important for South Asia. Expanding employment and increasing the remuneration of workers are essential to poverty alleviation, which is the primary objective of all countries in the region. This regional perspective examines ways in which workers in South Asia can benefit from greater integration of the global economy through improving their skills or cushioning their transition to new jobs. The paper emphasizes that governments need to develop a framework for labor policies that defines the rights of employers, workers, and labor unions and the framework for collective bargaining and settlement of disputes. Liberalization will lead to market-based development, which is the best way to raise workers' living standards--it encourages firms and workers to invest in physical capital, new technologies, and skills.
Author: Asian Development Bank
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Published: 2005
Total Pages: 126
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John Benson
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2011-03-02
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 1136823913
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book explores the dynamics of Asian labour markets in a cross section of eight Asian economies including Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, China, India, Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia. It considers how these markets have responded to globalisation, and assesses likely future trends and developments.
Author: Rod Tyers
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Published: 2000
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe trade and labour nexus is examined with a model incorporating refinements which weaken the H-O-S result that free trade can cause factor rewards to equalize. Asian growth and rising openness in the period 1970-1992, taken in isolation, are found to confer net benefits in the older industrialized countries. They cause real wages to rise there, even for production workers. Although they also cause increased wage dispersion in this period, the magnitude is small compared with the effects of biased technical change, or skill upgrading. Projections to 2010, which combine further expansion in imports from Asia with continued Northern skill-upgrading, yield declining real wages and/or unemployment for both production and farm workers. Restricting imports from Asia is found to be a costly yet ineffective response.
