David Lam, Ahmed Elsayed

Labour Markets in Low-Income Countries

Challenges and Opportunities

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Produktbeschreibung

Labour Markets in Low-Income Countries provides lessons about what kinds of labour market programmes and policies can improve prospects for growth and development in low-income countries.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. März 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780192897107
• ISBN-10: 0192897101
• Artikelnr.: 62537106

Autorenporträt

David Lam is Professor of Economics and Research Professor in the Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan. He is Honorary Professor of Economics at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. His research focuses on the interaction of economics and demography in developing countries. He has worked extensively in Brazil and South Africa, where his research analyses links between education, labour markets, and income inequality. He has served as president of the Population Association of America and was a member of the Committee on Population of the US National Academy of Sciences. Ahmed Elsayed is a Senior Research Associate at the IZA - Institute of Labor Economics in Bonn, Germany. He co-coordinates the IZA's program area 'Gender, Growth and Labour Markets in Low Income Countries' (G2LM

Inhaltsangabe

* 1: Labour Markets in Low-Income Countries: Introduction and
Demographic Background
* 2: Barriers to Labour Market Efficiency in Low-Income Countries
* 3: The Role of Employability Training and Behavioural Change
* 4: Challenges in Rural Labour Markets
* 5: The Impact of Migration on Employment Outcomes
* 6: The Interrelationship of Growth, Formality, Informality, and
Regulation
* 7: Child Labour and the Youth Employment Challenge
* 8: Gender Dimensions of Developing Labour Markets
* 9: Lessons about Labour Market Programmes and Policies