Structural Change And Labor Market Flexibility
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Author | : Mohr Siebeck (Tybinga). |
Publisher | : University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Economics |
ISBN | : 9783161468339 |
The economies of many advanced countries are currently going through a period of structural adjustment caused mainly by the globalization of production and technological change. Already, economists are beginning to analyze the impact of this new state of affairs upon labor markets. In this volume, Horst Siebert brings together twelve experts from around the world to examine these sectoral structural changes at various levels of aggregation -- among them, the way that age and gender relate to the overall composition of the labor force, the development of different occupations within industries, and the reasons for the varying experiential and educational backgrounds of the workforce. Conducted for both major industrial countries such as the United States and Japan and for the smaller open economies of Denmark and the Netherlands, for instance, these analyses will be of interest to international economists on a broad scale.
Author | : Eileen R. Appelbaum |
Publisher | : Praeger |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 1990-10-17 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
This volume brings together an international group of contributors to explore the impacts of structural economic change and technological progress on labor markets. The contributors goal is to present an in-depth comparative study of the ways in which different national economies have adjusted to structural changes like the shift to service-based economies and technological changes brought about by the increasing use of the computer in offices and on the production line. Examining the adjustment process from both a micro and macro perspective, the contributors analyze the flexibility potentials within the different institutional organizations of the labor market in the U.S., France, West Germany, Great Britain, and Sweden. The study begins with a comprehensive introduction written by the editors which discusses the problem of structural and technological change in economic, social, and political terms. Two subsequent chapters address the economic structures of post-industrial society and the differential characteristics of employment growth in service industries. The contributors then present individual analyses of the labor market situation in the five countries under study as well as two general studies of institutions regulating the labor market and flexibility within the labor market. Throughout, the contributors are concerned with key issues such as which systems seem to adapt best, how skill and educational needs may be met in the changing labor market, and the importance of flexibility in a system characterized by ongoing structural and technological change. Ideal as supplementary reading for advanced courses in labor economics and industrial organization, this volume offers important new insights into labor market flexibility in the face of significant and continuing change.
Author | : McMillan, Margaret |
Publisher | : Intl Food Policy Res Inst |
Total Pages | : 323 |
Release | : 2017-05-11 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0896292142 |
Author | : Robert W. Bednarzik |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 86 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Labor market |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Kazuyoshi Kōshiro |
Publisher | : Wayne State University Press |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780814320792 |
Since the oil crisis of the 1970s, increased labor market flexibility seems to have become an indispensable ingredient of economic success. This book examines the critical issues that affect labor market flexibility and job security in the main industrialized economies of the United States, Japan, West Germany, the United Kingdom, and Europe, in an attempt to more fully understand the complex forces at work within such labor markets. Employment Security and Labor Market Flexibility originated from The International Symposium on Labor Market Flexibility in Yokohama, Japan, in 1986, in which scholars in economics, industrial relations, and labor law scholars scrutinized the similarities and differences of the labor markets in these countries. They focused on three main topics: wage flexibility in response to changing economic conditions, the legal and institutional framework for employment security, and international comparison of employment adjustment. Comparison of wage flexibility as well as numerical and functional flexibility among these countries were examined by both qualitative and quantitative analyses. The labor market cannot be treated in the same way as other markets because it deals directly with human beings who are less likely to obey the immutable laws of the market mechanism. Nevertheless, Kazutoshi Koshiro asserts that it is still important to build a framework on which to understand and assess the role of labor flexibility in the competitive process, and it is with this framework in mind that these chapters have been assembled into one volume. Individual chapters compare the relative flexibility of compensation and employment over the business cycle in the United States with that of Japan; analyze the relative flexibility of Japanese wages; unravel some of the underlying forces that comprise the employment security situation in the United States; study the important relationship between economic conditions and the labor market and explain the difference between the employment protection legislation of the United States on the one hand, and Europe and Japan, on the other; and compare the nature of labor markets and employment adjustment techniques of the United States, Europe, and Japan.
Author | : Pierre-Richard Agénor |
Publisher | : International Monetary Fund |
Total Pages | : 98 |
Release | : 1995-11-01 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1451854781 |
This paper examines the role of the labor market in the transmission process of adjustment policies in developing countries. It begins by reviewing the recent evidence regarding the functioning of these markets. It then studies the implications of wage inertia, nominal contracts, labor market segmentation, and impediments to labor mobility for stabilization policies. The effect of labor market reforms on economic flexibility and the channels through which labor market imperfections alter the effects of structural adjustment measures are discussed next. The last part of the paper identifies a variety of issues that may require further investigation, such as the link between changes in relative wages and the distributional effects of adjustment policies.
Author | : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Secretariat |
Publisher | : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ; [Washington, D.C. : OECD Publications and Information Centre |
Total Pages | : 154 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
Report on four issues raised by the current debate on labour market flexibility: labour costs, external and internal labour market mobility, and concealed employment. Examines the argument that high labour costs and wage inflexibility have priced workers out of the labour market, concluding that while wages are important in explaining unemployment, other factors are also significant. Discusses external labour market mobility (job mobility, geographic mobility and occupational change) as a means of adjusting to structural change, but finds that the link between mobility trends and labour market efficiency is difficult to ascertain. Looks at enterprise level flexibility, covering numerical and functional flexibility of the work force, and, finally, considers the phenomenon of concealed employment as a perverse form of labour market flexibility.
Author | : |
Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Developing countries |
ISBN | : 9780821326800 |
Author | : Susan Horton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Economic stabilization |
ISBN | : |
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 108 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Labor market |
ISBN | : |
Discusses five major topics: the meaning of the term "flexibility", the various forms which it takes in practice, its short-and long-term implications, the diverse forms it may assume in different national contexts, and finally its effectiveness as an instrument of economic and employment policy