East Asia Pacific at work : employment, enterprise, and well-being

East Asia Pacific at work : employment, enterprise, and well-being / Truman G. Packard, Trang Van Nguyen.

The unprecedented progress of East Asia Pacific is a triumph of working people. Countries that were low-income a generation ago successfully integrated into the global value chain, exploiting their labor-cost advantage. In 1990, the region held about one-third of the world's labor force. Levera...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Packard, Truman G. (Author)
Other Authors: Nguyen, Trang Van
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington : World Bank, [2014]
Series:World Bank East Asia and Pacific regional report.
Subjects:
Labor > Asia.
Labor > Pacific Area.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Economic history
Labor
Asia > Economic conditions.
Pacific Area > Economic conditions.
Asia
Pacific Area
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Part I
  • 1. Introduction and Road Map
  • The context for work in East Asia Pacific
  • Has growth in East Asia Pacific been "jobless"?
  • Road map to the report
  • Note
  • References
  • 2. The Demand for and Supply of Labor and Human Capital
  • The demand for work: A profile from firm surveys
  • A profile of the labor force in East Asia Pacific: Who is working and where?
  • Note
  • References
  • Spotlight 1 Work in the Informal Economy
  • What is the informal economy?
  • Why does it matter?
  • How is informal employment measured?
  • Informal employment in East Asia Pacific
  • Notes
  • References
  • 3. Is Work in East Asia Pacific Transformational? Greater Productivity, Living Standards, and Social Cohesion
  • Work and productivity
  • Work and living standards
  • Work and social cohesion
  • Conclusion: Do not take the transformative role of work for granted
  • Notes
  • References
  • Part II.
  • 4. The Fundamentals
  • Prices and exchange rates
  • Public spending and taxation
  • An enabling environment for enterprise?
  • Are the "fundamentals" in East Asia Pacific pro-work?
  • Annex 4A Supplementary data for chapter 4
  • Notes
  • References
  • 5. Building Human Capital
  • Progress in health and education
  • Supply, demand, and skills gaps
  • Why do skills gaps exist and persist?
  • Policy priorities and examples of success in skills development
  • Notes
  • References
  • 6. Labor Market Regulations, Interventions, and Institutions
  • Regulations
  • Interventions
  • Institutions: Organized labor in East Asia Pacific
  • The impact of labor policy on work and earnings
  • Conclusions
  • Annex 6A Supplementary Tables
  • Notes
  • References
  • Part III
  • 7. Priority Policy Challenges to Well-being from Work in East Asia Pacific
  • The "jobs challenges" typology
  • Country categorization by level of development
  • Country categorization by demographics
  • Country categorization by endowments.
  • Country categorization by institutional factors
  • Implications for policy makers concerned about work
  • Notes
  • References
  • Spotlight 2 Past Jobs Strategies in East Asia: Could They Work Today?
  • What exactly are employment
  • or jobs
  • strategies?
  • East Asia's experience with employment strategies
  • Are these strategies viable for emerging East Asia Pacific countries now?
  • Note
  • References
  • 8. Well-being from Work in the Pacific Island Countries
  • Employment challenges of the small Pacific island countries
  • Five employment priorities for Pacific island countries
  • Conclusions
  • Notes
  • References
  • 9. A Region at a Crossroads
  • What should an employment strategy set out to achieve?
  • Remove biases that hurt working people
  • Make labor regulation and social protection work for all working people
  • Take proactive measures to address remaining failures and capture externalities
  • Why should this approach to crafting employment strategies appeal to governments in East Asia Pacific?

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