Labour markets, institutions and inequality : : building just societies in the 21st century / / edited by Janine Berg.

• VerfasserIn: Edward Elgar Publishing ,
• Place / Publishing House: Cheltenham, [England] ;, Northampton, Massachusetts : : Edgar Elgar Publishing,, 2015.; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (429 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Labour market institutions, including collective bargaining, the regulation of employment contracts and social protection policies, are instrumental for improving the well-being of workers, their families and society. In many countries, these institutions have been eroded, whilst in other countries they do not exist at all.

Table of Contents

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1. Labour market institutions: the building blocks of just societies; PART I Macroeconomic policies, development and inequality; 2. Economic development and inequality: revisiting the Kuznets curve; 3. Renewing the full employment compact: issues, evidence and policy implications; PART II Income from work; 4. Unions and collective bargaining; 5. Minimum wages and inequality; 6. Temporary contracts and wage inequality; 7. The 'deconstruction' of part-time work; PART III Social transfers and income redistribution

8. Redistribution policies9. Pensions and other social security income transfers; 10. Income support for the unemployed and the poor; 11. Public social services and income inequality; PART IV The impact of labour market institutions on different groups; 12. Labour market institutions and gender equality; 13. Inequalities and the impact of labour market institutions on migrant workers; 14. Labour market inequality between youth and adults: a special case?; Index