Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 The Global Labor Market: Trends and Outcomes -- The Global Economic Recovery and the Labor Market -- Labor Market Trends -- Gender and the Labor Market -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2 Job Creation -- Channels of Job Creation -- Strengthening Labor Markets -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3 Labor Market Policies -- The MILES Framework -- The Informal Labor Market -- Moving from Job to Worker Protection -- Passive Labor Market Policies -- Active Labor Market Policies -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4 Education, Skills, and the Labor Market -- Moving Forward to Improve Educational Flexibility, Skills, and Employability -- Skills in a Knowledge Economy -- Innovation and Employment Creation -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5 Entrepreneurship, Growth, and Job Creation -- Defining and Measuring Entrepreneurship -- Entrepreneurship and Development Economics -- Entrepreneurship, Growth, and Structural Transformation -- Entrepreneurship and Job Creation -- Female Entrepreneurship -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6 Globalization and Jobs -- Correlation or Causality? -- Wages or Employment -- Potential Links between Openness and the Labor Market -- Short- versus Long-Run Impacts -- Are Adjustments Intersectoral or Intrasectoral? -- Has Globalization Led to Increased Inequality? -- Evolving Nature of Globalization: Offshoring -- Factor Mobility: Migration -- Impact of the 2008 Financial Crisis on Employment -- Notes -- References -- Back Cover.