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

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- Part I -- 2 Labour Market Trends in Emerging Economies: Decent Work Deficits Persist Despite Growth and Resilience to the Crisis -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 A macro view on emerging economics -- 2.2.1 Poverty falling but has been accompanied by rising inequality in many countries -- 2.3 Labour market challenges in emerging economies -- 2.3.1 Emerging economies at different stages of the demographic transition -- 2.3.2 The complex phenomenon of rural-urban and international migration of workers from and to emerging economies -- 2.3.3 Unemployment rate: less relevant but high in some countries -- 2.3.4 Skills shortages and mismatches -- 2.3.5 Low female labour force participation rates in some emerging economies -- 2.3.6 Characterizing the informal economy and 'bad' jobs in emerging economies -- 2.3.7 Youth are more vulnerable to poor outcomes in the labour market -- 2.4 Diversity and resilience during the global financial crisis -- 2.5 Is this time different? Comparison of labour market outcomes to previous crises -- 2.6 Summary of labour market trends over the past two decades -- 3 Labour Market Regulations for Development: Enhancing Institutions and Policies in Emerging Economies -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The role of labour market regulations: theoretical and empirical background -- 3.2.1 Employment protection legislation -- 3.2.2 Minimum wages -- 3.2.3 Trade unions and collective bargaining -- 3.2.4 Unemployment insurance schemes -- 3.3 A cross-country overview of existing labourmarket institutions -- 3.3.1 Employment protection legislation -- 3.3.2 Minimum wages -- 3.3.3 Trade unions and collective bargaining -- 3.3.4 Unemployment protection systems.

3.4 The labour market policy response to the global financial crisis 2008-2009 -- 3.4.1 Why use labour market policies? -- 3.4.2 Evidence from the global financial crisis -- 3.5 Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Part II -- 4 Transitions out of Informality and Falling Unemployment: TheTransformation of the Brazilian Labour Market since the 2000s -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Labour market trends from 2001: falling unemployment and rising formal employment -- 4.3 Factors behind labour market outcomes in Brazil -- 4.4 Drivers of transitions in the labour market -- 4.4.1 Raw labour market transitions -- 4.4.2 Determinants of labour market transition probabilities -- 4.5 Labour market policies and institutions: Brazil's emphasis on social policies -- 4.5.1 Explaining the rise in formality in Brazil in the 2000s -- 4.5.2 Bolsa Família -- 4.5.3 Minimum wages -- 4.5.4 Unemployment benefits and severance pay -- 4.5.5 More mainstream active labour market policies? -- 4.6 Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- 5 The Tale of Two Labour Markets:The Resilience of the Indonesian Labour Market to the Global Financial Crisis versus Increasing Casualization of Jobs -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Reviewing over a decade of growth, crisis and recovery in Indonesia -- 5.3 The Indonesian labour market 1996-2009: what do the aggregates tell us? -- 5.4 Further insights from the micro-data: drivers of employment status -- 5.4.1 Determinants of employment status between 1996 and 2009: summary statistics -- 5.4.2 Determinants of employment status from 1996 to 2009:findings from a multinomial logit model -- 5.4.3 What determines casual employment? -- 5.5 Labour market policies and institutions in Indonesia: does the Manpower Law 13/2003 hinder job growth? -- 5.5.1 Labour market regulation in Indonesia: the Manpower Law 13/2003.

5.5.2 Labour market policies in Indonesia -- 5.6 Concluding remarks -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- 6 The South African Labour Market: Long-term Structural Problems Exacerbated by the Global Financial Crisis -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 What the aggregates tell about the impact of the global financial crisis on the South African labour market -- 6.3 Drivers of labour market status: insights from the micro-data for 2008-2010 -- 6.3.1 Data and definitions -- 6.3.2 Estimates from a model of labour market status -- 6.4 Explaining rising discouragement during the recession - are these individuals different from those undertaking job search? -- 6.4.1 Changes in job search over the crisis period -- 6.4.2 What role for social transfers? -- 6.4.3 Are transitions in the labour market different for the discouraged? -- 6.5 Labour market policies and institutions in South Africa: increasing capacity to target the poor and respond to crises -- 6.5.1 The Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) -- 6.5.2 The Training Layoff Scheme -- 6.5.3 The Unemployment Insurance Fund -- 6.5.4 The South African public employment service -- 6.6 Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 7 Strengthening the Turkish Labour Market through More Efficient Regulations -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Labour market developments in the 2000s -- 7.2.1 Main labour market indicators -- 7.2.2 Changing labour market trends over the 2000s -- 7.3 An in-depth analysis of informal employment: Insights from the micro-data -- 7.3.1 Main determinants of labour force participation: a multivariate analysis -- 7.3.2 Main determinants of employment status, 2006 versus 2009 -- 7.4 Promoting efficient labour market regulationsin Turkey -- 7.4.1 The labour market institution debate -- 7.4.2 Labour market policies in response to the crisis -- 7.5 Concluding remarks -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- 8 Conclusion.

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