World of work report 2012 : better jobs for a better economy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

International Labour Office, Corporate Author.

Series:

World of Work Report

World of work report, 2049-9272

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Employment (Economic theory).

International finance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (129 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Geneva : International Labour Organization, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The ILO launches its annual report "World of Work Report 2012: Better Jobs for a Better Economy". The new study examines the performance of different countries since the start of the global crisis through the prism of the quantity and quality of jobs.

Contents:

Title page; Copyright page; Editorial How to move out of the austerity trap?; Table of Contents; 1. Employment, job quality and social implications of the global crisis; Main findings; Introduction; A. Employment trends; Figure; 1.1 Employment rates in the third quarters of 2007 and 2011 (percentages); B. Job quality; 1.2 Long-term unemployment and inactivity rates,third quarters of 2007 and 2011 (percentages); 1.3 Incidence of non-standard employment, advanced economies, 2007 and 2010; 1.4 Incidence of precarious employment, advanced economies, 2007 and 2010

1.5 Informal employment in developing economies1.6 New jobs created between 2007 and 2010 by wage quintile; 1.7 Employment rates and incidence of non-standard employment,changes between 2007 and 2010; C. Impact of the crisis on poverty and income inequality; 1.8 Poverty rates, pre-crisis and crisis; 1.9 Income inequality, pre-crisis and crisis; 1.10 Income share by income quintile, 2011; D. Better jobs for a better economy; 1.11 Employment projections: Advanced economies; 1.12 Employment projections: Emerging economies; 1.13 Employment projections: Developing economies

1.14 Change in the risk of social unrest between 2010 and 2011Appendix A Country groupings by income level; Appendix B Determinants of non-standard employment:An empirical analysis; Table; 1B.1 Definitions and sources of variables used in the regression analysis; 1B.2 Summary of the estimation of the determinants of non-standard employment; 1B.3 Marginal effects of the determinants of non-standard employment; 1B.4 Robustness tests of the estimation of the determinantsof non-standard employment; Appendix C The impact of crises on employment:An empirical analysis

1C.1 Definitions and sources of variables used in the regression analysis1C.2 Regression results; 1C.3 Alternative estimators; References; 2. Employment protection and industrial relations:Recent trends and labour market impacts; Main findings; Introduction; A. Labour market institutions:Overview of the literature and recent trends; Figure; 2.1 Main findings of over 100 studies on the labour market effects of employment protection legislation; 2.2 A global overview of changes in employment protection legislation, 2008-2012

2.3 Change in the "employment protection legislation index" between 2007/08 and 2010/11B. Assessing the labour market effects of changesin employment protection regulations and collective bargaining; 2.4 Proportion of workers covered by collective agreements; 2.5 "Employment protection legislation index" and aggregate employment rates:Standard assumption versus evidence-based relationship; 2.6 Relative strictness of labour legislation for regular contracts with respectto temporary contracts and incidence of temporary employment:Standard assumption versus evidence-based relationship; Box

2.1 Employment protection legislation and labour market dualityduring the crisis: Issues and considerations

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

92-9251-010-X

OCLC:

809769104