Why Deregulate Labour Markets

Author : Gøsta Esping-Andersen,Marino Regini
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780198296812

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Why Deregulate Labour Markets? by Gøsta Esping-Andersen,Marino Regini Pdf

With contributions from economists & political scientists, this text takes a hard look at the empirical connections between unemployment & regulation in Europe today, utilising both in-depth nation analyses & broader international comparisons.

Author : International Working Group on Labour Market Regulation and Deregulation
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780773527263

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Challenging the Market by International Working Group on Labour Market Regulation and Deregulation Pdf

For two decades economic and social policy in most of the world has been guided by the notion that economies function best when they are fully exposed to competitive market forces. In labour market policy, this approach is reflected in the widespread emphasis on flexibility - a euphemism for the retrenchment of income support and social security, the relaxation of labour market regulations, and the enhanced power of private actors to determine the terms of the employment relationship. These strategies have had marked effects on labour market outcomes, leading to greater vulnerability and polarization - and not always in ways that enhance worker-centred flexibility. The authors offer a more balanced analysis of the functioning and effects of labour market regulation and deregulation. By questioning the underpinnings of the flexibility paradigm, and revealing its often damaging impacts (on different countries, sectors, and constituencies), they challenge the conclusion that unregulated market forces produce optimal labour market outcomes. The authors conclude with several suggestions for how labour policy could be reformulated to promote both efficiency and equity.

Author : Gabriele Ciminelli,Mr.Romain A Duval,Davide Furceri
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 51,8 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 : John Edward King
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Labor market
ISBN : IND:30000112265776

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Critical Notes on Labour Market Deregulation by John Edward King Pdf

Author : Goul Andersen, Jørgen,Jensen, Per H.
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2002-01-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781847425409

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Changing labour markets, welfare policies and citizenship by Goul Andersen, Jørgen,Jensen, Per H. Pdf

Changing labour markets, welfare policies and citizenship readdresses the question of how full citizenship may be preserved and developed in the face of enduring labour market pressures. It: clarifies the relationship between changing labour markets, welfare policies and citizenship; discusses possible ways in which the spill-over effect from labour market marginality to loss of citizenship can be prevented; specifies this problem in relation to the young, older people, men and women and immigrants; offers theoretical and conceptual definitions of citizenship as a new, alternative approach to empirical analyses of labour market marginalisation and its consequences; highlights the lessons to be learned from differing approaches in European countries.

Author : Günther Schmid,Bernard Gazier
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025969812

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The Dynamics of Full Employment by Günther Schmid,Bernard Gazier Pdf

Contributors in European labor market studies, economics, political science, and employment studies argue that transitional markets, defined as politically supported sets of mobility options, are becoming essential ingredients of successful employment policies in modern societies. They draw on empirical evidence to examine the dynamics of modern labor markets and describe the theoretical foundation of transitional labor markets. The book is of interest to academics and policymakers in employment policy. Edited by Schmid (political economics, Free University of Berlin) and Gazier (economics, University Paris 1). Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Nick Adnett
Publisher : Financial Times/Prentice Hall
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSC:32106012884885

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European Labour Markets by Nick Adnett Pdf

This new book originates from Nick Adnett's popular, Labour Market Policy, retaining much of its features and coverage, but now concentrating on the emerging European policy issues, such as: Eurosclerosis, social dumping, minimum wage laws and wage inequality and subsidiarity. It discusses fully EU-level policy, including a full examination of social policy and the implications of economic and monetary union. Topical policy issues are highlighted in the text and the book also benefits from improved presentation of statistical data. All text and data has been thoroughly updated.

Author : Lambert van der Laan,Santos M. Ruesga
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780429766985

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Institutions and Regional Labour Markets in Europe by Lambert van der Laan,Santos M. Ruesga Pdf

First published in 1998, this volume examines the performance of labour markets against the background of different economic and institutional settings in Western and Eastern Europe. The book gives a clear picture of the mosaic of impressive transformations presently taking place in Western and Eastern European labour markets and provides access to information which was previously either widely dispersed or non-existent. The book gives detailed information about how countries and regions deal with transformations described. The substantive country-wide and regional diversity that is discussed allows the reader to understand the role of labour and institutions in the development of countries and regions. The book is written by labour market and regional experts from the various countries concerned.

Author : Ron L. Martin,Philip S. Morrison
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Arbejdsmarkedspolitik
ISBN : 9780415300148

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Geographies of Labour Market Inequality by Ron L. Martin,Philip S. Morrison Pdf

This book explores the key role that place and location play in the operation of the labour market at a time when local context is becoming an integral part of the design and implementation of labour market policies.

Author : Lewis Frederick Abbott
Publisher : Industrial Systems Research
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0906321484

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Theories of the Labour Market and Employment by Lewis Frederick Abbott Pdf

Free and flexible labour markets can automatically end both labour surpluses (unemployment) and labour shortages (over-employment). However, in practice various things may impede wage flexibility, freedom of contract, and labour mobility – and thus the balancing of supply and demand. Protectionist minimum wage tariff barriers and other obstacles to labour market entry and competition are one major general cause of unemployment. Technological and other business-economic development is a second major general cause while contraction or recession in economies is a third. The book argues that broadly dividing unemployment into obstructional, developmental, and contractional types is more accurate and useful than distinguishing between frictional, structural, and cyclical forms (the conventional economic classification). It also argues that is inadequate to analyze labour markets or explain employment and unemployment in purely economic terms. Even in the most developed, differentiated and autonomous market capitalist economies, external socio-cultural, personality, and physical-organic environmental factors still impinge on labour markets and employment. A general theme of the book is the importance of bringing in empirical data from the real world to support or disprove theories.

Author : Gabriele Ciminelli,Mr.Romain A Duval,Davide Furceri
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781484370087

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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 : Jamie Peck
Publisher : Guilford Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1996-04-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1572300442

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Work-place by Jamie Peck Pdf

Challenging the prevailing idea that labor markets are governed by universal economic processes, this significant work argues instead that labor markets develop in tandem with social and political institutions, and thus function in locally specific ways. Focusing on the complex social processes that lie at the heart of the labor market, the author offers a provocative new perspective and proposes new ways of conducting research in the area.

Author : Jacqueline O'Reilly,Inmaculada Cebrián,Michel Lallement
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025210035

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Working-time Changes by Jacqueline O'Reilly,Inmaculada Cebrián,Michel Lallement Pdf

The concept of transitional labor markets (TLMs) is an attempt to address and analyze the factors and policies that can prevent high levels of unemployment. Ten contributions from international scholars of economics, sociology, and law draw upon both quantitative longitudinal panel study data and qualitative case study material to explore the implications of TLMs in Spain, Sweden, Ireland, Britain, Germany, France, and the Netherlands. Following a section on theoretical and methodological issues are articles that discuss labor market transitions, peripheral, and part time labor. The final section deals with employment contracts and company practices. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Des Moore
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Labor market
ISBN : 0642324913

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The Case for Further Deregulation of the Labour Market by Des Moore Pdf

Author : S. Lee,D. McCann
Publisher : Springer
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011-06-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230307834

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Regulating for Decent Work by S. Lee,D. McCann Pdf

Regulating for Decent Work is a response to the dominant deregulatory approaches that have shaped labour market regulation in recent years. The inter-disciplinary and international approach invigorates current debates through the identification of new challenges, subjects and perspectives.