Globalization, Wages and the Quality of Jobs : Lessons for Policy Makers

Globalization, Wages and the Quality of Jobs : Lessons for Policy Makers

This note summarizes the results and describes the policy implications of the recently published book globalization, wages, and the quality of jobs that evaluates some of the effects of trade and foreign investment on workers. This book contains a framework for analysis, a literature review, and five country studies that provide the foundation for three main lessons for policy makers that are described at the end of this note.

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Main Author: World Bank
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC 2009-12
Subjects:AFFECTED WORKERS, BANK POLICY, CLOSED ECONOMIES, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DOMESTIC ECONOMY, ECONOMIC CRISIS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC POLICIES, EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT POLICY, EXPORT MARKETS, EXPORT PROCESSING ZONES, EXPORT SECTORS, EXPORTERS, FINANCE CORPORATION, FIRM SURVIVAL, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, FOREIGN FIRMS, FOREIGN INVESTMENT, GLOBAL ECONOMY, GLOBALIZATION, HIGH WAGE, IMPORT SUBSTITUTION, INTERNATIONAL BANK, INTERNATIONAL FINANCE, INTERNATIONAL INTEREST, INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, JOBS, LABOR DEMAND, LABOR MARKETS, LABOUR, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, MARKET ACCESS, MICRODATA, MONITORING COSTS, POLICY MAKERS, POLICY RESEARCH, PRELIMINARY EVIDENCE, PRODUCTIVITY, PUBLIC POLICY, REGIONAL TRADE, REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS, RETURN, TRADE LIBERALIZATION, UNEMPLOYMENT, WAGE PREMIUM, WAGE PREMIUMS, WAGES, WORKER, WORKERS, WORKING CONDITIONS, WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/12/13264775/globalization-wages-quality-jobs-lessons-policy-makers
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11715
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https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11715

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