| Titre : |
The labour market in Africa |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Jean-Pierre Lachaud, Auteur |
| Editeur : |
Genève [Suisse] : International Institute for Labour Studies |
| Année de publication : |
1994 |
| Collection : |
Research Series num. 102 |
| Importance : |
178 p |
| Langues : |
Français (fre) |
| Catégories : |
Travail
|
| Tags : |
Travail Emploi Afrique Politique d'ajustement structurel |
| Index. décimale : |
05.02 Syndicalisme |
| Résumé : |
In the mid 1980s, the International Institute for Labour Studies (ELS) launched a new programme on labour market issues. It was a time when the institutions of the labour market were under severe pressure. In the Third World, poverty had started to increase again in the face of deep recession and increasing indebtedness. In many cities, open unemployment was emerging alongside persistent underemployment and low productivity. In industrialized countries, unemployment was rising to levels unknown since the 1930s, and traditional systems of industrial relations were in retreat. The causes of these trends were contested, but labour market malfunctioning was widely viewed as an important factor: Some argued that wages were too high or too inflexible, that government policy created distortions, that trade unions prevented the market from functioning effectively... But these were presumptions and suppositions. Little hard evidence existed on the functioning of labour markets in low-income settings, on the role played by different institutions, on the significance of unemployment and its relationship with underemployment and poverty. |
| En ligne : |
http://staging.ilo.org/public/libdoc/ilo/1994/94B09_450_engl.pdf |
The labour market in Africa [texte imprimé] / Jean-Pierre Lachaud, Auteur . - Genève (Suisse) : International Institute for Labour Studies, 1994 . - 178 p. - ( Research Series; 102) . Langues : Français ( fre)
| Catégories : |
Travail
|
| Tags : |
Travail Emploi Afrique Politique d'ajustement structurel |
| Index. décimale : |
05.02 Syndicalisme |
| Résumé : |
In the mid 1980s, the International Institute for Labour Studies (ELS) launched a new programme on labour market issues. It was a time when the institutions of the labour market were under severe pressure. In the Third World, poverty had started to increase again in the face of deep recession and increasing indebtedness. In many cities, open unemployment was emerging alongside persistent underemployment and low productivity. In industrialized countries, unemployment was rising to levels unknown since the 1930s, and traditional systems of industrial relations were in retreat. The causes of these trends were contested, but labour market malfunctioning was widely viewed as an important factor: Some argued that wages were too high or too inflexible, that government policy created distortions, that trade unions prevented the market from functioning effectively... But these were presumptions and suppositions. Little hard evidence existed on the functioning of labour markets in low-income settings, on the role played by different institutions, on the significance of unemployment and its relationship with underemployment and poverty. |
| En ligne : |
http://staging.ilo.org/public/libdoc/ilo/1994/94B09_450_engl.pdf |
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