Books and reports

May 2013

1. The Labour Markets of Emerging Economies: Has growth translated into more and better jobs?

   15 May 2013

   This volume focuses on the labour market situation, trends and regulations in emerging economies, devoting attention to how they have dealt with both short-term issues, namely the global financial crisis, and longer-term structural challenges − as well as the gaps that still remain.

March 2013

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   Perspectives on Labour Economics for Development

   01 March 2013

   Perspectives on Labour Economics for Development seeks to provide a comprehensive, but non-technical, coverage of labour market issues in a developing country context to help policy-makers and other readers improve their capacity to understand these topics and develop appropriate and effective policy responses. This book is an invaluable reference for policy-makers in middle- and low-income countries as well as an ideal handbook for teachers and students of economics and development.

May 2008

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   The global employment challenge

   01 May 2008

   This volume offers an in-depth analysis of the state of employment in the world today, providing a detailed and comprehensive picture of the serious challenges faced by today's policy-makers...

April 2008

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   Active labour market policies around the world. Coping with the consequences of globalization. (Second edition)

   30 April 2008

   This revised and updated edition provides an authoritative account of how active labour market policies (ALMPs) can help make globalization work better in the interest of workers around the world.

January 2007

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   Flexicurity: A relevant approach in Central and Eastern Europe

   25 January 2007

   This book argues, with case studies contributed by outstanding national experts, that the flexicurity approach is the most relevant for Central and Eastern European countries and suggests appropriate reforms of economic policy, institutional framework of the labour market, labour market policy and education and social policies in this region.

June 2006

1. Meeting the employment challenge: Argentina, Brazil and Mexico in the global economy

   13 June 2006

February 2003

1. Employment stability in an age of flexibility. Evidence from industrialized countries

   20 February 2003

   Comprises six papers which provide a comparative analysis of trends in employment security and stability in 16 OECD countries and individual country reports for Denmark, France, Japan and the USA. Covers the period 1990-2000.

2. Decent work in Denmark. Employment, social efficiency and economic security

   11 February 2003

   Examines to what extent and by what means and mechanisms labour standards and relatively equal income distribution, facilitated by high employment rates and social protection, have contributed to sustaining a high rate of economic growth.

December 1999

1. Employment revival in Europe

   21 December 1999

   Provides a comparative analysis of labour market progress made towards the goal of full employment and decent work in Austria, Denmark, Ireland and the Netherlands and discusses some of the reasons for the relative success of the four countries. Covers the period from 1985 to 1997.