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Employment Analysis and Research Unit

Employment Working Papers

N° 17:
From corporate-centred security to flexicurity in Japan - Kazutoshi Chatani

N° 15: Are there optimal global configurations of labour market flexibility and security? Tackling the “flexicurity” oxymoron - Miriam Abu Sharkh

N° 4: Offshoring and employment in the developing world: The case of Costa Rica - C. Ernst and D. Sanchez-Ancochea

Economic and Labour Market Papers (from 2007)

2008/4: Is Asia adopting flexicurity? A survey of employment policies in six countries - Paul Vandenberg

2008/3: Seguridad de los mercados laborales: Combinando flexibilidad y seguridad para el trabajo decente - Peter Auer (Spanish version of paper 2007/12)

2008/2: La sécurité du marché du travail: Comment conjuguer flexibilité et sécurité pour l'emploi décent - Peter Auer (French version of paper 2007/12)

2008/1: Labour Market Regulation and Economic Performance: A critical review of arguments and some plausible lessons for India- P. Jha and S. Golder

2007/12: Security in labour markets: Combining flexibility with security for decent work - Peter Auer

2007/11: Offshoring and the labour market: What are the issues? - Novella Bottini, Christoph Ernst, Malte Luebker

2007/10: Recent dynamics in Brazil’s labour market - Christoph Ernst

2007/9:Les Indicateurs Doing Business: Limites méthodologiques et conséquences politiques - Janine Berg and Sandrine Cazes (French version of paper 2007/6)

2007/8:Los Indicadores de Doing Business: Problemas de medición y sus implicaciones en materia de políticas - Janine Berg and Sandrine Cazes (Spanish version of paper 2007/6)

2007/7:Bancos Centrales, Régimen de Meta de Inflación y Creación de Empleo - Gerald Epstein (Spanish version of paper 2007/2)

2007/6:The Doing Business Indicators: Measurement issues and political implications - Janine Berg and Sandrine Cazes

2007/5:The employer of last resort programme: Could it work for developing countries - L. Randall Wray

2007/4:Why labour market regulation may pay off : Worker motivation, co-ordination and productivity growth - Servaas Storm & C.W.M. Naastepad

2007/3:In search of optimal labour market institutions - Peter Auer

2007/2:Central banks, inflation targeting and employment creation - Gerald Epstein

Employment Strategy Papers (2004 to 2006)

2005/19:L'intermédiation sur le marché du travail en Tunisie - Mohamed Salah Redjeb & Miloudi Ghobentini

2005/18:On the evolution of employment structure in developing countries - Nomaan Majid

2005/17:The FDI-employment link in a globalizing world: The case of Argentina, Brazil and Mexico - Christoph Ernst

2005/16:The end of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement and its implication for trade and employment - Christoph Ernst, Alfons Hernández Ferrer (EMP/STRAT) and Daan Zult (IPG)

2005/15:Trade liberalization, export orientation and employment in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico - Christop Ernst

2005/14:Employment in China: recent trends and future challenges - Ajit K. Ghose

2005/11:Macroeconomic policies for higher employment in the era of globalization - Amit Bhaduri

2005/2:Mercado de Trabajo Juvenil: Argentina, Brasil y Mexico - M.C. Cacciamali

2005/1:Protected mobility for employment and decent work: Labour market security in a globalised world - Peter Auer

2004/18 What is the effect of trade openness on wages? - Nomaan Majid

2004/15 Insights into the tenure-productivity-employment relationship - Peter Auer, Janine Berg & Ibrahim Coulibaly

2004/13 Labour market policies and regulations in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico: Programmes and impacts - Adriana Marshall

2004/12 Reaching Millennium Goals: How well does agricultural productivity growth reduce poverty? - Nomaan Majid

2004/11 Capital inflows and investment in developing countries - Ajit Ghose

2004/10 Efectos de la apertura comercial en el empleo y el mercado laboral de México y sus diferencias con Argentina y Brasil (1990-2003) - Enrique Dussel Peters

2004/7 Industrial relations, social dialogue and employment in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico - Adalberto Cardoso

2004/6 The labour market effects of US FDI in developing countries - Robert Lipsey

2004/5 Global poverty estimates and the millennium goals: Towards a unified framework - Massoud Karshenas

2004/3 Employment and labour market effects of globalization: Selected issues for policy management - Haroon Bhorat & Paul Lundall

2004/2 Macroeconomic reforms, labour market and labour policies: Chile, 1973-2000 - Guillermo Campero

2004/1 Macroeconomic reforms and a labour policy framework for India - Jayati Ghosh

Employment Papers (2000-2003)

2003/56 Fiscal strategy for growth and employment in Pakistan: An alternative consideration (A case study prepared within the framework of the Global Employment Agenda) - Tariq A. Haq

2003/55 Trade liberalization in Mexico: Its impact on growth, employment and wages - Gabriel Palma

2003/54 Globalization and Poverty - Nomaan Majid

2003/53 Avoiding the stabilization trap: Towards a macroeconomic policy framework for growth, employment and poverty reduction - Iyanatul Islam

2003/51 Labour market for restructuring in Turkey: The need for more active policies - Peter Auer and Natalia Popova

2003/49 Global poverty: National accounts-based versus survey-based estimates - Massoud Karshenas

2003/48 Macroeconomic stability, growth and employment: Issues and considerations beyond the Washington Consensus - Muhammed Muqtada

2003/46 National income, its distribution and the poor: Some differences between present days developing countries - Nomaan Majid

2003/45 Gender inequalities, economic growth and economic reform: A preliminary longitudinal evaluation - Nancy Forsythe et al.

2002/42 Argentina: A decade of currency board - An analysis of growth, employment and income distribution - Mario Damill, Roberto Frenkel, Roxana Maurizio

2002/37 Assessing the impact of past distributional shifts on global poverty levels - Malte Lübker

2001/32 The South African labour market in a globalizing world: Economic and legislative considerations - Haroon Bhorat, Paul Lundall and Sandrine Rospabe

2001/29 Is inflation bad for income inequality: the importance of the initial rate of inflation by Rossana Galli and Rolph van der Hoeven

2001/27 Labour market flexibility and employment security: Czech Republic - Jiri Vecernik

2001/26 Stable or unstable jobs: Has job stability decreased in industrialized countries? - Peter Auer, Sandrine Cazes, Vincenzo Spieza

2001/25 Labour market flexibility and employment security: Estonia - Reelika Arro, Raul Eamets, Janno Järve, Epp Kallaste, Kaia Philips

2001/23 Towards excessive job insecurity in transition economies? - Sandrine Cazes, Alena Nesporova

2001/21 Employment protection and labour market policies: Trade-offs or complementarities? Denmark - Per Kongshoj Madsen

2001/19 Economic growth, social policy and decent work - Nomaan Majid

2001/18 Flexibility and commitment in the United States labour market - Paul Osterman

2001/17 Employment protection and labour market policies: Trade-offs or complementarities? The case of France - Bénédicte Galtier, Jérôme Gautié

2001/15 Assessing labour market dynamics: European evidence - Thomas Kruppe

2001/14 Labour market policy for socially responsible workforce adjustment - Peter Auer

2001/13 Is minimum wage an effective tool to provide decent jobs and reduce poverty? The experience of selected developing countries, by Catherine Saget

2001/10 Redistribution matters: Growth for poverty reduction, by Hulya Dagdeviren, Rolph van der Hoeven and John Weeks

2000/8 "Assessing Aid" and Global Governance - Why poverty and redistribution objectives matter by Rolph van der Hoeven

2000/4 Poverty and structural adjustment: Some remarks on tradeoffs between equity and growth, by Rolph van der Hoeven

2000/2 Ageing of the labour force in OECD countries: Economic and social consequences - P. Auer and M. Fortuny

 

Books

The Global Employment Challenge by A.K. Ghose, N. Majid and C. Ernst. ILO, Geneva, 2008.

In defence of labour market institutions. Cultivating justice in the developing world, edited by Janine Berg and David Kucera. ILO, Geneva and Palgrave McMillan, New York, 2008.

Flexicurity: A relevant approach for Eastern Europe, by Alena Nesporova and Sandrine Cazes. ILO, Geneva, 2007.

Meeting the Employment Challenge: Argentina, Brazil and Mexico in the global economy, by Janine Berg, Christophe Ernst and Peter Auer. ILO, Geneva, and Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2006. (Also published in Spanish as Enfrentado el Desafío del Empleo: Argentina, Brasil y México en una economía globalizada, OIT y Editorial Plaza y Valdés, 2006.)

Offshoring and the internationalization of employment: A challenge for fair globalization, eds. Peter Auer, Geneviève Besse and Dominique Méda, International Institute of Labour Studies, Geneva, 2006.

Délocalisations, normes du travail et politique d'emploi, eds. Peter Auer, Geneviève Besse & Dominique Méda, Editions la Découverte, Paris, 2005.

L'intermédiation sur le marché du travail dans les pays du Maghreb: Etude comparative entre l'Algérie, le Maroc et la Tunisie, by Jean-Paul Barbier, ILO, Geneva, 2005.

Active labour market policies around the world: Coping with the consequences of globalisation, by Peter Auer, Umit Efendioglu and Janine Leschke, ILO, Geneva, 2005.

Jobs and incomes in a globalizing world, by Ajit K. Ghose, ILO, Geneva 2003.

Labour markets in transition: Balancing flexibility and security in Central and Eastern Europe, by Sandrine Cazes and Alena Nesporova, ILO, Geneva, 2003.

Employment stability in an age of flexibility, Eds. Peter Auer & Sandrine Cazes, ILO, Geneva, 2003.

The future of work, employment and social protection. The dynamics of change and the protection of workers, Eds. Peter Auer and Bernard Gazier, International Institute of Labour Studies, Geneva, 2002. Full text downloadable in English and in French.

The future of work, employment and social protection: The search for new securities in a world of growing uncertainties, Eds. Peter Auer and Christine Daniel, International Institute of Labour Studies, Geneva, 2002. Full text downloadable in English and in French.

Bangladesh: Economic and social challenges of globalization, edited by Muhammed Muqtada, Andrea Singh and M. Ali Rashid, University Press, Dhaka, 2002 (copyright: ILO).

Changing labour markets in Europe: The role of institutions and policies, Ed. Peter Auer, ILO, Geneva, 2001.

Employment revival in Europe: Labour market success in Austria, Denmark, Ireland and the Netherlands, Peter Auer, ILO, Geneva, 2000 (also in French and Spanish).

Employment and labour market policies in transition economies, Alena Nesporova, ILO, Geneva, 1999.

Adjustment, Employment & Missing Institutions in Africa - The experience in Eastern & Southern Africa, eds. W. van der Geest & R. van der Hoeven, ILO, Geneva, 1999.


Book chapters

P. Auer: "Flexicurity and the European social model" in: Rogowski R (ed.), The European Social Model and Transitional Labour Markets: Law and Policy, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2008.

P. Auer: "Flexibility and Security: labour market policy in Austria, Denmark, Ireland and the Netherlands" in: G. Schmid and B. Gazier (eds.): The dynamics of full employment: Social integration through transitional labour markets, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2002, pp. 81-105.

P. Auer and S. Cazes: "Employment Stability and Flexibility in Industrialized countries: the resilience of the Long Duration Employment Relationship", in: H.Sarfati, G. Bonoli, Labour Market and Social Protection Reforms in International Perspective, Ashgate, Burlington, 2002, pp. 91-97.

P. Auer and S. Cazes: "Transitional labour markets and employment stability", in: Mosley, H.; O’Reilly, J.; Schömann, K. (eds.): Labour Markets, Gender and Institutional Change, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2002, pp. 316-335.

M. Muqtada: "Promotion of employment and decent work in Bangladesh: Macroeconomic and labour policy consideration", in Independent Review of Bangladesh's Development (IRBD), 2002 (part II, chap. 6)

M. Muqtada, A. Singh and M.A. Rashid: "Economic and social challenges of globalization in Bangladesh: Policy perspectives", by Muhammed Muqtada, in Bangladesh: Economic and social challenges of globalization, 2002 (op. cit).

"Employment Revival in Europe: Small countries on their way to success" in: R. Blanpain and Ch. Engels, The International Labour Organisation and the social challenges of the XXIst century, Studies in Employment and Social Policy, Kluwer, The Hague, 2001.

"Beschäftigungserfolge in kleineren europäischen Ländern-Beispiel für die grossen?", in: Becker (ed.), U.: Weniger Arbeit. Arbeit für Alle?, Schüren Verlag, Marburg, 2001.

R. van der Hoeven: "Employment and labour market policies in an era of structural adjustment", in Handbook on Development Policy and Management, R. Clarke, C. Kirkpatrick and C. Polidano (eds.), Edward Elgar Publications, Cheltenham, 2001.

R. van der Hoeven: "Poverty and structural Adjustment: Some remarks on the tradeoffs between equity and growth", in New poverty strategies, What have they achieved, What have we learned?, P. Mosley and A. Booth (eds.), MacMillan Press, London, 2001.

R. van der Hoeven: “Social, Political and Environmental Impacts of Globalisation”, in On the threshold: The United Nations and Global Governance in the New Millenium, proceedings of the Conference of Tokyo, 19-21 January 2000.

P. Auer: "Altern: Herausforderungen und antworten", in Ch. Von Rothkirch (ed.), Altern und arbeit: Herausforderung für wirtschaft und gesellschaft, Sigma, Berlin, 2000.


Articles

(Articles published in the International Labour Review are also available in French and Spanish)

J. Berg and S. Cazes: "The labour market regulations of the Doing Business Indicators: A critical Review" in Comparative Labor Law and Policy Journal, forthcoming, Vol. 29/3, April 2008.

P. Auer, J. Berg and I. Coulibaly: Is a stable workforce good for productivity? - in International Labour Review, Vol.144-3, 2005.

Ajit K. Ghose: "Global inequality and international trade" in Cambridge Journal of Economics, vol. 28, no. 2, March 2004.

"Institutionelle und politische Voraussetzungen für Arbeitsmarkterfolge in Europa" in: WISO (Wirtschafts-und Sozialpolitische Zeitschrift Nr.1/02, March 2002, pp. 13-44

R. van der Hoeven: "Assessing Aid and Global Governance", in The journal of development studies, London, Vol. 37, No. 6, August 2001.

S. Cazes & A. Nesporova: "Job insecurity in transition economies: how much is too much", in International Labour Review, Vol.140-3, 2001.

N. Majid: "The working poor in developing countries"International Labour Review, Vol. 140-3, 2001.

P. Auer and S. Cazes: "The resilience of the long-term employment relationship: evidence from the industrialized countries", in International Labour Review, Vol. 139-4, 2000.

Ajit K. Ghose: "Trade liberalization, employment and global inequality", in International Labour Review, vol. 139-3, 2000.

P. Auer: "Four cases of labour market success: Austria, Denmark, Ireland and the Netherlands", in Economic Trends, 2000-2, Helsinki, 2000.

G. Bertola, T. Boeri and S. Cazes: "Employment protection in industrialized countries: The case for new indicators", in International Labour Review, vol. 139-1, 2000.

P. Auer: "Pienten maiden tyollisyystilanteen paraneminen", in Tyopoliittinen aikakauskirja (Finnish Labour Review), 3/2000, Helsinki, Ministry of Labour, 2000.

C. Saget: "Can the level of employment be explained by GDP growth in transition countries? Theory versus the quality of data", in Labour 14(4), 2000, Blackwell Publishers, Oxford.

Special section on structural adjustment and the labour market in The journal of development studies, Vol. 36-4, 2000, pp. 55-181, Frank Cass Publishers, London.

Other documents

Active labour market policies for restructuring - Presentation made at the Workshop on socially-sensitive enterprise restructuring - Tobago 15/16 January 2004.

Towards an employment strategy framework for Sri Lanka, Peter Richards, in collaboration with Junko Ishikawa and Martina Lubyova, mimeo, ILO, Geneva, 2002

An employment strategy for the Lodz region of Poland - Frank Pyke, Alena Nesporova and Youcef Ghellab, ILO Geneva and ILO/CEET Budapest, 2002.

Manual on evaluation of labour market policies in transition economies - Christopher O'Leary, Alena Nesporova, Alexander Samodorov, ILO, Geneva, 2001.

Labour market and income inequality - What are the new insights after the Washington consensus?, (UNU/WIDER working paper), by Rolph van der Hoeven, Helsinki, 2001.

Pakistan: Employment, output and productivity, (Issues in development Discussion Paper No. 33), by Majid, N. et al., ILO, Geneva, 2000.

    
 

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