Labour Markets, Institutions and Inequality
Title | Labour Markets, Institutions and Inequality PDF eBook |
Author | Janine Berg |
Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing |
Total 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
Inequality and Labor Market Institutions
Title | Inequality and Labor Market Institutions PDF eBook |
Author | Ms. Florence Jaumotte |
Publisher | International Monetary Fund |
Total Pages | 30 |
Release | 2015-07-10 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1513526901 |
The SDN examines the role of labor market institutions in the rise of income inequality in advanced economies, alongside other determinants. The evidence strongly indicates that de-unionization is associated with rising top earners’ income shares and less redistribution, while eroding minimum wages are related to increases in overall income inequality. The results, however, also suggest that a lack of representativeness of unions may be associated with higher inequality. These findings do not necessarily constitute a blanket recommendation for higher unionization and minimum wages, as country-specific circumstances and potential trade-offs with other policy objectives need to be considered. Addressing inequality also requires a multipronged approach, which should include taxation reform and curbing excesses associated with financial deregulation.
Labour Markets and Income Inequality
Title | Labour Markets and Income Inequality PDF eBook |
Author | Rolph van der Hoeven |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 62 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Distributive justice |
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Discusses the outcomes of the economic reform policies of the 1980s and 1990s in terms of inequality focusing on developing countries.
Inequality and Labor Market Institutions
Title | Inequality and Labor Market Institutions PDF eBook |
Author | Florence Jaumotte |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 31 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Income distribution |
ISBN | 9781513536095 |
"The paper examines the role of labor market institutions in the rise of income inequality in advanced economies, alongside other determinants. The evidence strongly indicates that de-unionization is associated with rising top earners' income shares and less redistribution, while eroding minimum wages are related to increases in overall income inequality. The results, however, also suggest that a lack of representativeness of unions may be associated with higher inequality. These findings do not necessarily constitute a blanket recommendation for higher unionization and minimum wages, as country-specific circumstances and potential trade-offs with other policy objectives need to be considered. Addressing inequality also requires a multipronged approach, which should include taxation reform and curbing excesses associated with financial deregulation.
Geographies of Labour Market Inequality
Title | Geographies of Labour Market Inequality PDF eBook |
Author | Ron Martin |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 281 |
Release | 2003-09-02 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 1134421583 |
In recent years, the local dimensions of the labour market have attracted increasing attention from academic analysts and public policy-makers alike. There is growing realization that there is no such thing as the national labour market, instead a mosaic of local and regional markets that differ in nature, performance and regulation. Geographies of Labour Market Inequality is concerned with these multiple geographies of employment, unemployment, work and incomes, and their implications for public policy.
Globalization, Labor Markets and Inequality in India
Title | Globalization, Labor Markets and Inequality in India PDF eBook |
Author | Dipak Mazumdar |
Publisher | IDRC |
Total Pages | 380 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0415436117 |
India's increased exposure to world markets and relaxation of domestic controls has given a spurt to the GDP growth rate, but its impact on poverty, inequality and employment have been controversial. This book examines these aspects of the post-reform scene, discerning the changes in trends which the new developments have created.
Labor Market Institutions Around the World
Title | Labor Market Institutions Around the World PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Barry Freeman |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 52 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Economic development |
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The paper documents the large cross-country differences in labor institutions that make them a candidate explanatory factor for the divergent economic performance of countries and reviews what economists have learned about the effects of these institutions on economic outcomes. It identifies three ways in which institutions affect economic performance: by altering incentives, by facilitating efficient bargaining, and by increasing information, communication, and trust. The evidence shows that labor institutions reduce the dispersion of earnings and income inequality, which alters incentives, but finds equivocal effects on other aggregate outcomes, such as employment and unemployment. Given weaknesses in the cross-country data on which most studies focus, the paper argues for increased use of micro-data, simulations, and experiments to illuminate how labor institutions operate and affect outcomes.