Labour Markets, Poverty, and Development

Giorgio Barba Navaretti (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 0198293534 / ISBN 13: 9780198293538

Editore: OUP Oxford, 1999

Labour Markets, Poverty, and Development | Giorgio Barba Navaretti (u. a.) | Buch | Gebunden | Englisch | 1999 | OUP Oxford | EAN 9780198293538 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand. Codice articolo 120661785

Riassunto:

As we reach the turn of the millennium, the disparity between developed and developing world is of increasing concern. Labour, Poverty, and Development brings together a worldwide mix of contributors from both the academic and practitioner sides of the current debate, combining rigorous economic analysis and broader-based theorizing to provide a detailed picture of the causes, effects, and implications of the current situation in the developing world.

All the contributions stress the vertical relationship between macro trends and micro functionings of markets. Part I deals with the interaction between employment and growth and trade policy, investigating the positive relationship betwen growth and emplyment, and the connection between trade liberalization and better working conditions. Part II looks at the situation in urban areas: the crucial and often hidden role that the informal sector plays in the urban employment market and its connection to the formal labour sector, and the collective decision-making involved in gender differentials in education. Finally, Part III investigates the other side of the ruralurban divide, with a detailed micro-study of labour supply in rural communes in China, and an analysis of a common developing-world poverty trap: the spiralling relationship between destitution and low productivity.

Contenuti:

• Giorgio Barba Navaretti, Riccardo Faini, and Giovanni Zanalda: Introduction
• Part I: Growth, Trade Policy, and Employment
• 1: Enzo Grilli and Giovanni Zanalda: Growth and Employment in Developing Countries: Where do We Stand?
• 2: Valpy K. Fitzgerald and Giorgio Perosino: Trade Liberalization, Employment, and Wages: A Critical Approach
• 3: Francesco Daveri and Riccardo Faini: Risk and Migration
• Part II: Industry and Urban Labour
• 4: Gustav Ranis and Frances Stewart: V-Goods and the Role of the Urban Informal Sector in Development
• 5: Giorgio Barba Navaretti: Promoting the Strong or Supporting the Weak? Technological Gaps and Segmented Labour Markets in Sub-Saharan African Industry
• 6: Simon Appleton, John Hoddinott, Pramila Krishnan, and Kerry Max: Does the Labour Market Explain Lower Female Schooling? Evidence from Three African Countries
• Part III: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Rural Labour
• 7: Minquan Liu: Labour Allocation under Baochan
• 8: Partha Dasgupta: Nutritional Status, the capacity for Work, and Poverty Traps

Dati bibliografici

Titolo: Labour Markets, Poverty, and Development
Casa editrice: OUP Oxford
Data di pubblicazione: 1999
Legatura: Buch
Condizione: Neu