TY - BOOK AU - Berg,Janine AU - International Labour Office,. AU - World Trade Organization,. TI - Labour Markets, Institutions and Inequality: Building Just Societies in the 21st Century SN - 9789221286585 AV - HD31 -- .L33 2015eb U1 - 658 PY - 2015/// CY - Geneva PB - International Labour Office KW - Industrial organization KW - Labor market KW - Labor supply KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- title page -- 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 policies -- 9. 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 N2 - This edited volume examines the potential of labour market institutions for ensuring equitable income distribution. Using empirical examples from both developed and developing countries, it analyses the connections between macroeconomic policies and inequality as well as how specific groups are affected by labour market institutions UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1936505 ER -