Labour Market Deregulation In Japan And Italy

Author : Hiroaki Richard Watanabe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317689652

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Labour Market Deregulation in Japan and Italy by Hiroaki Richard Watanabe Pdf

Japan and Italy encountered severe economic problems in the early 1990s, and the governments had to deal with those issues effectively under the increasing neoliberal pressures of globalisation. In this context, labour market deregulation was considered an effective tool to cope with those economic problems. However, the forms and degrees of labour market deregulation in the two countries were quite different. This book seeks to explain the differences in labour market deregulation policies between Japan and Italy, despite the fact that the two countries shared a number of similar political, social and labour market (if not cultural) characteristics. Uniquely, it takes a political, rather than economic or sociological perspective to provide a theoretical and empirical analysis of the processes of labour market deregulation in the two countries. The precarious working conditions of an increasing number of non-regular workers has become a prominent social issue in many industrialised countries including Japan and Italy, but the level of the protection for these workers depends on a country’s labour market policies, which are affected by the power resources of labour unions and labour policy-making structures. This book provides a useful perspective for understanding the root causes of this phenomenon, such as the diffusion of ‘neoliberal’ ideas aimed at promoting labour-market flexibility under globalisation, and demonstrates that there is still room for politics to decide the extent of deregulation and maintain worker protection from management offensives even in an era of globalisation. Labour Market Deregulation in Japan and Italy: Worker Protection under Neoliberal Globalisation will appeal to students and scholars of Japanese politics, Italian politics, political economy and comparative politics.

Author : Berton, Fabio,Richiardi, Matteo
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781847429087

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The Political Economy of Work Security and Flexibility by Berton, Fabio,Richiardi, Matteo Pdf

The economic crisis has revealed the dark side of deregulation in the labour market: rising unemployment, limited access to social security and, due to low wages, no savings to count upon in bad times. This book casts light on the empirical relationship between labour market deregulation through non-standard contracts and the three main dimensions of worker security: employment, income and social security. Focusing on individual work histories, it looks at how labour market dynamics interact with the social protection system in bringing about inequality and insecurity. In this context Italy is put forward as the epitome of flexibility through non-standard work and compared with three similar countries: Germany, Spain and Japan. Results show that when flexibility is carried out as a mere cost-reduction device and social security only relies on insurance principles, deregulation leads to insecurity. 'The political economy of work security and flexibility' is essential reading for academics, students, practitioners and policy makers interested in the outcomes of labour market developments in advanced economies over the past twenty years.

Author : Hiroaki Richard Watanabe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1788210514

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The Japanese Economy by Hiroaki Richard Watanabe Pdf

Hiroaki Richard Watanabe examines the ups and downs of Japan's postwar economic history to offer an up-to-date and authoritative guide to the workings of Japan's economy. He highlights the country's distinct modes of business networks and Japan's state-market relationship.

Author : Roger Blanpain,Michele Tiraboschi,Pablo Arellano Ortiz
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789041127228

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The Global Labour Market by Roger Blanpain,Michele Tiraboschi,Pablo Arellano Ortiz Pdf

As global power relations increasingly favour international capital, it becomes crucial for labour and employment lawyers to center their field in a supranational context. As long as wages, social security, and taxes remain national matters, states compete at this level in order to attract foreign investment. This does not bode well for employees or the self-employed. Most ameliorative measures come in the form of unenforceable and‘soft lawand’ guidelines and recommendations. The conference recorded in this vitally important book confronts this losing battle of local responses to global challenges. The book reprints the papers submitted to that conference by twenty-three outstanding scholars from fourteen countries. Among the many critical issues they expose and discuss are the following: and• the proliferation of varieties of non-standard employment; and• protection of migrant workersand’ rights by regional organizations; and• global and regional trends in the human resources function; and• work training and education policy; and• effectiveness of equality and non-discrimination standards; and• involvement of employees in workplace decisionmaking; and and• the need for an equitable social safety net. In the course of the discussion the authors examine cases from many countries, including not only EU Member States (both West and East) and the U.S., but also Japan, Chile, South Africa, and Indonesia. With a focus on the nexus of multinational enterprises and international standards, the book provides both a sharp image of where labour law stands in todayand’s worldand—revealing serious social problems in a clearer light than is usually encounteredand—and a very valuable guide to directions to pursue and potential solutions, offered by some of the most engaged and committed minds in the field. It is an indispensable resource for legal workers in this and‘eye of the stormand’ of globalization.

Author : John Peters
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781442665125

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Jobs with Inequality by John Peters Pdf

Income inequality has skyrocketed in Canada over the past few decades. The rich have become richer, while the average household income has deteriorated and job quality has plummeted. Common explanations for these trends point to globalization, technology, or other forces largely beyond our control. But, as Jobs with Inequality shows, there is nothing inevitable about inequality. Rather, runaway inequality is the result of politics and policies - what governments have done to aid the rich and boost finance and what they have not done to uphold the interests of workers. Drawing on new tax and income data, John Peters tells the story of how inequality is unfolding in Canada today by examining post-democracy, financialization, and labour market deregulation. Timely and novel, Jobs with Inequality explains how and why business and government have rewritten the rules of the economy to the advantage of the few, and considers why progressive efforts to reverse these trends have so regularly run aground.

Author : Gaoheng Zhang
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781527544628

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Exchanges and Parallels between Italy and East Asia by Gaoheng Zhang Pdf

This collection of essays is the first English-language study to present the latest research on Italy’s cultural relationships with China and Japan across the centuries. It explores topics ranging from travel writing to creative arts, from translation to religious accommodation, and from Cold War politics to Chinese American cuisine. The volume draws on the expertise of an interdisciplinary group of scholars trained and working in Europe, East Asia, and North America who re-assess research foci and frames, showcase transcultural and theoretically-informed research, and help to strengthen this field of study.

Author : Jun Choi, Young,Fleckenstein, Timo,Soohyun Christine Lee
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781447352730

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Welfare Reform and Social Investment Policy in Europe and East Asia by Jun Choi, Young,Fleckenstein, Timo,Soohyun Christine Lee Pdf

Providing original observations, this seminal text analyses the emergence of social investment policies in both Europe and East Asia. Experts explore the roads and barriers towards effective social investment policies, derive practical social policy implications and highlight important lessons for future social policymaking.

Author : Daniel Clegg,Niccolo Durazzi
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 567 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781800880887

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Handbook of Labour Market Policy in Advanced Democracies by Daniel Clegg,Niccolo Durazzi Pdf

Bringing together contributions from leading labour market policy scholars from across the globe, this state-of-the-art Handbook offers extensive and compelling analyses of labour market policy in advanced democracies. This title contains one or more Open Access chapters.

Author : Gabriele Ciminelli,Mr.Romain A Duval,Davide Furceri
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781484373729

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Employment Protection Deregulation and Labor Shares in Advanced Economies by Gabriele Ciminelli,Mr.Romain A Duval,Davide Furceri Pdf

Labor market deregulation, intended to boost productivity and employment, is one plausible, yet little studied, driver of the decline in labor shares that took place across most advanced economies since the early 1990s. This paper assesses the impact of job protection deregulation in a sample of 26 advanced economies over the period 1970-2015, using a newly constructed dataset of major reforms to employment protection legislation for regular contracts. We apply the local projection method to estimate the dynamic response of the labor share to our reform events at both the country and the country-industry levels. For the latter, we employ a differences-in-differences identification strategy using two identifying assumptions grounded in theory—namely that job protection deregulation should have larger negative effects in industries characterized by (i) a higher “natural” propensity to adjust the workforce, and (ii) a lower elasticity of substitution between capital and labor. We find a statistically significant, economically large and robust negative effect of deregulation on the labor share. In particular, illustrative back-of-the-envelope calculations suggest that job protection deregulation may have contributed about 15 percent to the average labor share decline in advanced economies. Together with existing evidence regarding the macroeconomic gains from job protection and other labor market reforms, our results also point to the need for policymakers to address efficiency-equity trade-offs when designing such reforms.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Japan
ISBN : IND:30000125088421

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Social Science Japan by Anonim Pdf

Author : Judy Fudge,Kendra Strauss
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-08-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136278471

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Temporary Work, Agencies and Unfree Labour by Judy Fudge,Kendra Strauss Pdf

Unfree labor has not disappeared from advanced capitalist economies. In this sense the debates among and between Marxist and orthodox economic historians about the incompatibility of capitalism and unfree labor are moot: the International Labour Organisation has identified forced, coerced, and unfree labor as a contemporary issue of global concern. Previously hidden forms of unfree labor have emerged in parallel with several other well-documented trends affecting labor conditions, rights, and modes of regulation. These evolving types of unfree labor include the increasing normalization of contingent work (and, by extension, the undermining of the standard contract of employment), and an increase in labor intermediation. The normative, political, and numerical rise of temporary employment agencies in many countries in the last three decades is indicative of these trends. It is in the context of this rapidly changing landscape that this book consolidates and expands on research designed to understand new institutions for work in the global era. This edited collection provides a theoretical and empirical exploration of the links between unfree labor, intermediation, and modes of regulation, with particular focus on the evolving institutional forms and political-economic contexts that have been implicated in, and shaped by, the ascendency of temp agencies. What is distinctive about this collection is this bi-focal lens: it makes a substantial theoretical contribution by linking disparate literatures on, and debates about, the co-evolution of contingent work and unfree labor, new forms of labor intermediation, and different regulatory approaches; but it further lays the foundation for this theory in a series of empirically rich and geographically diverse case studies. This integrative approach is grounded in a cross-national comparative framework, using this approach as the basis for assessing how, and to what extent, temporary agency work can be considered unfree wage labor

Author : Colin Crouch,David Finegold,Mari Sako
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199241118

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Are Skills the Answer? by Colin Crouch,David Finegold,Mari Sako Pdf

This study of vocational education in advanced industrial countries contributes to two different areas of debate. The first is the study of the diversity of institutional forms taken by modern capitalism. The second theme is that of vocational education and training in its own right.

Author : Richard Deeg,Gregory Jackson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317625636

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Changing Models of Capitalism in Europe and the U.S. by Richard Deeg,Gregory Jackson Pdf

The volume analyzes the long-term trajectories of change in the capitalist models of the UK, Germany, Sweden, France, Italy, Hungary, Slovakia, and the United States. The case studies identify critical junctures and key periods of change in order to show how institutions are shaped by different sets of socio-political compromises and public policy. The case studies follow a common methodology, comparing change and linkages across six core institutional domains, thus facilitating a comparative understanding of the patterns and drivers of institutional change, as well as how liberalisation impacts countries in similar and dissimilar ways. The historical perspective of the cases highlights the transformative effects of relatively slow and incremental changes. These case studies also make an innovative contribution to examining the linkages between four levels of institutions that regulate the economy – the international, macro (national), meso, and micro. The volume reveals both a common trend toward more liberal forms of capitalism but also variations on this overarching trajectory. Markets themselves create their own dynamics, which have varied effects on firms and other economic actors in historically diverse institutional contexts. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of European Public Policy.

Author : Fabio Berton,Matteo Richiardi,Stefano Sacchi
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781847429070

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The Political Economy of Work Security and Flexibility by Fabio Berton,Matteo Richiardi,Stefano Sacchi Pdf

This book casts light on the empirical relationship between labor market deregulation through non-standard contracts and the three main dimensions of worker security: employment, income and social security.

Author : Gianni Toniolo
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199936700

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The Oxford Handbook of the Italian Economy Since Unification by Gianni Toniolo Pdf

This Oxford Handbook provides a fresh overall view and interpretation of the modern economic growth of one of the largest European countries, whose economic history is less known internationally than that of other comparably large and successful economies. It will provide, for the first time, a comprehensive, quantitative "new economic history" of Italy. The handbook offers an interpretation of the main successes and failures of the Italian economy at a macro level, the research--conducted by a large international team of scholars --contains entirely new quantitative results and interpretations, spanning the entire 150-year period since the unification of Italy, on a large number of issues. By providing a comprehensive view of the successes and failures of Italian firms, workers, and policy makers in responding to the challenges of the international business cycle, the book crucially shapes relevant questions on the reasons for the current unsatisfactory response of the Italian economy to the ongoing "second globalization." Most chapters of the handbook are co-authored by both an Italian and a foreign scholar.