World employment 1996/97. National policies in a global context

Reviews the worldwide employment situation and argues that national macroeconomic, structural and labour market policies, rather than globalization, are the determinants of labour market outcomes. Comprises five main chapters: chapter one looks at employment in a global context; chapter two considers whether full employment is attainable; and chapters three to five look at the employment situation in, respectively, the industrialized, transition and developing countries. Issues covered include: rising wage inequalities, wage inflation, and reforming the unemployment benefit system in industrialized countries; containing unemployment in the transition economies; and growth and structural adjustment, labour market regulation, and wage inequality in developing countries.