Labour Market Policies and the Public Employment Service


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This book presents the proceedings of a conference on Labour Market Policies and the Public Employment Service.




Connecting People with Jobs Strengthening Active Labour Market Policies in Italy


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This report on Italy is the fifth country study published in a series of reports looking into how policies connect people with jobs. It discusses how active labour market policies in Italy are performing both on the national and the regional level, focussing particularly on the reform process in the system of public employment services initiated by the Jobs Act.




Labor Markets and Employment Relationships


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This innovative text grounds the economic analysis of labor markets and employment relationships in a unified theoretical treatment of labor exchange conditions. In addition to providing thorough coverage of standard topics including labor supply and demand, human capital theory, and compensating wage differentials, the text draws on game theory and the economics of information to study the implications of key departures from perfectly competitive labor market conditions. Analytical results are consistently applied to contemporary policy issues and empirical debates. Provides a coherent theoretical framework for the analysis of labor market phenomena Features graphical in-chapter analysis supplemented by technical material in appendices Incorporates numerous end-of-chapter questions that engage the analysis and anticipate subsequent results Includes innovative chapters on employee compensation methods, market segmentation, income inequality and labor market dynamics Balances theoretical, empirical and policy analysis




Upgrading Labour Market Information in Developing Countries


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In 1977 the ILO initiated a long-term programme of technical co-operation to help developing countries improve their labour market information (LMI). A decade or so later, considerable progress had been made but much remained to be done, especially given the impact of the profound economic changes on the labour market in most developing countries. This concise, readable study takes stock of these developments. Based on the findings of a joint ILO/DANIDA inter-regional seminar, it reviews progress in LMI over the past few years, focuses on the limitations of different methods and approaches for.







Employment Policies for Social Justice and a Fair Globalization


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Addresses the contribution that employment policies, as part of an integrated decent work approach, can make to social justice for a fair globalization.







Labour Market Policies and the Public Employment Service


Book Description

This book presents the proceedings of a conference on Labour Market Policies and the Public Employment Service.




Active Labor Market Policies in Europe


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Measures of Active Labor Market Policy - such as training, wage subsidies, public employment measures, and job search assistance - are widely used in European countries to combat unemployment. This study provides novel insight on this important policy issue by discussing the role of the European Commission's Employment Strategy, reviewing the experiences made in European states, and giving the first ever quantitative assessment of the existing cross-country evidence.