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_bBER/I
100 _aBerg, Janine.
245 0 _aIn defence of labour market institutions: cultivating justice in the developing world/
_cedited by Janine Berg and David Kucera.
260 _aNew York:
_bPalgrave Macmillan,
_c2008.
300 _axvi, 293 p. :
_bill. ;
_c22 cm.
505 _aLabour institutions in the developing world : historical and theoretical perspectives / Janine Berg and David Kucera -- Measuring labour market institutions : conceptual and methodological questions on "working hours rigidity" / Sangheon Lee and Deirdre McCann -- Institutions and the finance of general skills training : evidence from Africa / Irmgard Nübler -- The origins of unemployment insurance : lessons for developing countries / Janine Berg and Matthew Salerno -- The revival of minimum wage setting institutions / François Eyraud and Catherine Saget -- What can the labour demand function tell us about wages and employment? : the case of the Philippines / Jesus Felipe and J.S.L. McCombie -- The impact of trade unions : what do economists say? / Zafiris Tzannatos -- Labour standards and informal employment in Latin America / Rossana Galli and David Kucera -- Legal determinants of labour informality / José Luis Daza Pérez -- New trends in Latin American labour reforms : the law, its reform, and its impact in practical terms / María Luz Vega Ruíz.
650 _aDeveloping countries
650 _aLabor market
650 _aEconomic development
650 _aEconomics
650 _aIndustrialization
700 _aBerg, Janine, ed.
700 _aKucera, David, ed.
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