Download or read book Can a Shorter Workweek Induce Higher Employment Mandatory Reductions in the Workweek and Employment Subsidies written by Mr.S. Nuri Erbas and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 1999-10-01 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reduction in the legal workweek may induce a degree of downward wage flexibility, while an employment subsidy to firms accommodates downward wage rigidity. It may be possible, therefore, to increase employment with a policy that combines a reduction in the workweek with an employment subsidy. In general, however, the long-run employment outcome is ambiguous, and a decline in output cannot be ruled out. More direct policy measures whose impact can be assessed with greater certainty—in particular, removing structural rigidities in the labor market—should be given priority to decrease long term unemployment.
Download or read book Can a Shorter Workweek Induce Higher Employment Mandatory Reductions in the Workweek and Employment Subsidies written by S. Nuri Erbas and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reduction in the legal workweek may induce a degree of downward wage flexibility, while an employment subsidy to firms accommodates downward wage rigidity. It may be possible, therefore, to increase employment with a policy that combines a reduction in the workweek with an employment subsidy. In general, however, the long-run employment outcome is ambiguous, and a decline in output cannot be ruled out. More direct policy measures whose impact can be assessed with greater certainty in particular, removing structural rigidities in the labor market should be given priority to decrease long term unemployment.
Download or read book Research Activities of the IMF January 1991 December 1999 written by International Monetary Fund and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research activity in the IMF emphasizes the links between the organization's policy and operational concerns. The main objectives of research is IMF staff understanding of policy and operational issues relevant to the institution, and to improve the analytical quality of the work prepared for management and the Executive Board and the advice provided to member countries. The scope of research in the IMF is defined by the purposes and functions of the institution. In order to foster innovation and ensure quality control, the IMF makes much of its research available outside the institution and encourages staff to interact with academia and other research organizations through conferences, seminars, and occasional joint research projects. The visiting scholar’s program has also enhanced the quality of research done in the IMF. This program brings in leading members of the economics profession from around the world to assist in the preparation of papers for the Executive Board and to conduct research on IMF-related issues.
Download or read book A Shorter Workweek written by Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Economics of Labor Markets written by Bruce E. Kaufman and published by Thomson South-Western. This book was released on 2003 with total page 812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Widely regarded as the best, most comprehensive text available for the in-depth study of labor market theories, The Economics of Labor Markets, 6e calls upon excellent pedagogical elements and empirical research to introduce students to labor economics. The authors' balanced approach to the material enables students to gain an understanding of the background of the field as they explore its latest developments and unique topics not covered in most competing texts. Intended as the basic text for an undergraduate course in labor economics or labor relations, this book also is suitable as a survey or reference text for a graduate level course.
Download or read book International Labour Documentation written by International Labour Office. Bureau of Library and Information Services and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Working Time and Employment Routledge Revivals written by Bob Hart and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-07-02 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1987, this Routledge Revival reissues the first systematic and integrated analysis of working time and employment, reaching to the core elements of a vital area of labour economics. It offers both a comprehensive analysis of the impact of workweek reductions on employment and hours as well as a thorough coverage of part-time employment, temporary lay-offs, short-time working, labour subsidies, social security funding, mandatory and early retirement and collective bargaining. This book provides the first comprehensive attempt to examine carefully the key economic issues involved in the general policy debate on working time and employment. This reissue will be of serious interest to advanced undergraduates, post-graduates and researchers in labour economics, and will also be relevant to those interested in labour microeconomics, macroeconomics, business economics and management studies.
Download or read book IMF Research Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shorter Hours Shorter Weeks written by Sar A. Levitan and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monograph examining potential effects of reduced hours of work and shorter workweeks on unemployment in the USA - discusses long term and short term trends regarding arrangement of working time, worklife expectancy, woman workers, etc., considers trade union attitudes (collective bargaining results) and employees attitudes toward increasing leisure, Job Sharing and other social implications and economic implications, and compares experience in the us and Western Europe. Graphs, references and statistical tables.
Download or read book Unemployment Insurance written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Index to International Statistics written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 1028 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Artha Suchi written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Research Activities of the International Monetary Fund written by International Monetary Fund. Interdepartmental Working Group on Fund Policy Advice and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Education Jobs Gap written by D W Livingstone and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-03-05 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: According to Ivar Berg's performance criteria, over half of the U.S. workforce is now underemployed. Using analysis based on U.S. and Canadian surveys of work and learning experiences and other documental data, author David Livingstone exposes the myth of the "learning enterprise" and argues that the major problem in education-work relations is not education but the mismatch between work and worker.
Download or read book The Economics of Overtime Working written by Robert A. Hart and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-08-26 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive economic evaluation of overtime working includes theoretical, empirical and policy aspects based on international evidence.
Download or read book Work Sharing during the Great Recession written by Jon Carleton Messenger and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Work sharing' is a labour market instrument devised to distribute a reduced volume of work to the same (or similar) number of workers over a diminished period of working time in order to avoid redundancies. This fascinating and timely study presents the concept and history of work sharing and explores the complexities and trade-offs involved in its use as both a strategy for preserving jobs and a policy for increasing employment. The expert contributors examine the resurgence in the use of work sharing as a job preservation strategy via country case studies of work-sharing programmes implemented across the globe during the Great Recession of 20082009. These studies clearly illustrate that work sharing has been successful as a crisis-response measure in a number of countries. Lessons learned and their implications are presented alongside prescriptions on how to design permanent work-sharing policies that would provide appropriate incentives to generate positive effects for employment and promote a sustainable and job-rich economic recovery. This enlightening book will prove invaluable to academics, researchers, students and policymakers in the fields of labour economics, public sector economics and social policy.
Download or read book Sustaining the New Economy written by Martin CARNOY and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the growing tension between the requirements of employers for a flexible work force and the ability of parents and communities to nurture their children and provide for their health, welfare, and education. Global competition and the spread of information technology are forcing businesses to engage in rapid, worldwide production changes, customized marketing, and just-in-time delivery. They are reorganizing work around decentralized management, work differentiation, and short-term and part-time employment. Increasingly, workers must be able to move across firms and even across types of work, as jobs get redefined. But there is a stiff price being paid for this labor market flexibility. It separates workers from the social institutions--family, long-term jobs, and stable communities--that sustained economic expansions in the past and supported the growth and development of the next generation. This is exacerbated by the continuing movement of women into paid work, which puts a greater strain on the family's ability to care for and rear children. Unless government fosters the development of new, integrative institutions to support the new world of work, the author argues, the conditions required for long-term economic growth and social stability will be threatened. He concludes by laying out a framework for creating such institutions.
