Aggrieved labor strikes back : inter-sectoral labor mobility, conditionality, and unrest under IMF programs / Saliha Metinsoy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Metinsoy, Saliha, 1985- author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in contentious politics

Cambridge Elements. Elements in Contentious Politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic assistance--Political aspects.

Economic assistance.

Labor mobility.

Manpower policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (85 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2024]

Summary:

Why do we see large-scale labor protests and strikes under some IMF programs such as in Greece in 2010 and not in others such as in Ireland in the same year? This Element argues that extensive labor market reform conditions in an immobile labor market generate strong opposition to programs. Labor market reform conditions that decentralize and open up an immobile labor market cause workers either to lose in terms of rights and benefits, while being stuck in the same job or to fall into a less protected sector with fewer benefits. Conversely, in more mobile labor markets, wage and benefit differentials are low, and movement across sectors is easier. In such markets, labor groups do not mobilize to the same extent to block programs. The author tests this theory in a global sample and explores the causal mechanism in four case studies on Greece, Ireland, Latvia, and Portugal

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Imprints page

Aggrieved Labor Strikes Back

Contents

1 Introduction

2 Unrest under IMF Programs: Existing Explanations

3 Labor Mobility and Adjustment: Material Loss, Risks, and Unrest under IMF Programs

4 Quantitative Empirical Evidence

4.1 Conceptualization and Measurement of Unrest, Mobility, and Conditionality

4.1.1 Measuring Labor Unrest

4.1.2 Measuring Labor Mobility

4.1.3 Measuring Labor Conditionality

4.2 Model Specifications

4.3 Control Variables

4.4 Empirical Results

4.5 Robustness Checks

4.6 Individual-Level Analysis: Immobility, Unemployment, and Economic Hardship

5 European Borrowers of the Fund: Mobility, Conditionality, and Unrest

5.1 Greece in 2010: Immobility and Labor Unrest

5.2 Ireland in 2010: Mobility and Adjustment

5.3 Latvia in 2008: Labor Conditions in a Mobile Market

5.4 Portugal in 2011: Responsiveness of an Immobile Market to Labor Conditions

6 Conclusion

Appendices

Appendix I: Sectors Used in the Calculation of Intersectoral Mobility

Appendix II: Labor Conditions in Greece (2010), Latvia (2008), and Portugal (2011)

Appendix III: List of Interviews

Appendix IV: Descriptive Statistics

Appendix V: Additional Robustness Checks

References

Notes:

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Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781009455770

100945577X

9781009455756

1009455753

9781009455749

1009455745