Perspectives on labour economics for development / edited by Sandrine Cazes and Sher Verick.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

International Labour Office, issuing body.

Cazes, Sandrine.

Verick, Sher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor economics.

Labor market.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Geneva : International Labour Organization ; New Delhi : Academic Foundation, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In developing countries, labour markets play a central role in determining economic and social progress since employment status is a key determinant to exiting poverty and promoting inclusion. While governments are increasingly prioritizing policies which promote decent work, a better understandingis needed of the often complex relationship between labourmarkets and development.

Contents:

Title page; Copyright page; Foreword; List of tables; List of figures; List of boxes; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction and overview; 1.1 Chapter summaries; Bibliography; 2 The labour market in developing countries*; Box 2.1 A "developing country"? An "emerging economy"?; 2.1 The employment consequences of abundant labour and scarce capital; Table 2.1 "Dual economy": A "traditional" and a "modern" economy; Figure 2.1 Shares of regions in world output noting the growth of developing Asia, 1973and 1998 (percentages)

Figure 2.2 Population growth, 2000-10 (percentages)Figure 2.3 Share of US 1.25 per day working poor (percentages); 2.2 The persistence of informality; 2.3 Agriculture and the rural economy; 2.3.1 The weather, international commodity prices and growth; 2.3.2 Staying rural but moving off the farm; 2.3.3 Multiple job-holding; 2.4 Labour market structure and status in employment; 2.4.1 Non-market work: Work outside the scope of market transactions; 2.4.2 The labour force participation of women and the level of economic development

Figure 2.4 Share of contributing family members in total employment of youths aged 15-24 (percentages)2.4.3 Status in employment; Table 2.2 Definitions of status in employment; Figure 2.5 Share of employees in total employment and level of development, 2000-08(percentages); 2.4.4 Productivity variance within - ostensibly - the same product markets; 2.5 Structural transformation or the evolution of economic structure; 2.5.1 A brief word on trade and employment changes; 2.5.2 Concerns over the course of structural transformation

Figure 2.6 Relation between change in shares of agriculture in employment and vulnerability, 2009 Figure 2.7 Economic weight of the services sector and economic development; 2.6 Human capital and investment capital; 2.6.1 Education and structural transformation; Figure 2.8 Relation between educational attainment and share of agriculture in the economy (percentages); 2.7 Weak market integration; 2.7.1 Infrastructure; 2.8 Conclusion; Bibliography; 3 Growth, distribution, employment and poverty; 3.1 Introduction

3.2 Growth, employment, inequality and poverty reduction: Theoretical insights and conceptual issues Box 3.1 How to measure inequality; Figure 3.1 The poverty-growth-inequality triangle; Figure 3.2 Virtuous circle of links among growth, employment and poverty reduction; 3.3 What do country experiences teach us?; Table 3.1 Relationship between GDP, employment, productivity growth and poverty reduction, 1980-2008; Box 3.2 Output-employment elasticities; 3.4 Supporting the growth-employment-poverty link through economic and social policies; Box 3.3 The importance of credit; 3.5 Conclusion

Box 3.4 Insurance provisions for informal workers

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

92-2-126715-6

OCLC:

827208018