Eurozone job crisis : trends and policy responses.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

International Labour Organization.

International Institute for Labour Studies.

Series:

Studies in Growth with Equity

Studies in growth with equity

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor market--Europe.

Labor market.

Unemployment--Europe.

Unemployment.

Europe--Economic conditions.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (57 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Geneva : International Labour Office, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The study provides the latest trends on the employment situation in EU countries and examines the labour market reforms adopted by various governments.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright page; Foreword; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of Tables; List of Boxes; Executive summary; 1 New clouds on the Eurozone employment horizon; Figure 1 Planned and actual unemployment rates in Adjustment Programme Countries; Figure 2 Employment rates (proportion of working-age persons who have a job, percentages); Figure 3 Unemployment rates (percentages); Figure 4 Labour productivity (2005 = 100) and potential job losses in the Eurozone; 2 The policy response so far: Rationale and impact

Box 1 Reforms in collective bargaining and employment regulations in selected Eurozone countries Table 1 Changes in employment protection regulations and collective bargaining in Eurozone countries, 2008-2012; Figure 5 Eurozone SMEs reporting a deterioration in access to finance(percentages); Table 2 Investment as a percentage of cash holdings of small listed companies; Figure 6 Change in unit labour costs (cumulative change over 2000-08 and 2008-11, percentages); Figure 7 Spending on active labour market programmes per unemployed person in surplus countries and deficit countries (in euros)

3 Way forward Table 3 Unemployment rates in 2012 and 2014: A job-centred scenario versus exacerbated financial stress; Box 2 Exacerbated financial stress in the Eurozone versus a job-centred strategy: A modelling assessment; Box 3 Tackling the youth employment crisis: A call for action; Figure 8 Participants in active labour market programmes in Eurozone countries by age group, 2010 (percentages); Box 4 Examples of youth guarantee programmes; Table 4 Cost and allocations of a youth guarantee scheme in Eurozone (million of euro)

4 Concluding remarks: no recovery possible without concerted action Box 5 Sweden's response to the financial crisis in the 1990's: Lessons from a job-centred strategy; Box 6 T he EU Horizontal Social Clause; References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

92-9251-014-2

OCLC:

818847026