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Labour Productivity and Flexibility

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Editors:
  1. Edward J. Amadeo

    1. Departamento de Economia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Brazil

  2. Susan Horton

    1. Institute for Policy Analysis, University of Toronto, Canada

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This book is about two polemical issues in labour studies, namely, the notions and determinants of labour productivity and flexibility. This book attempts to develop the notion of labour input flexibility or the capacity of workers to adapt to changes in the environment and its relation with labour productivity. The role of institutions, employment practices, capital-labour relations and labour market policies in determining labour flexibility is emphasized. The chapters look at the experiences of industrialized countries (European countries, the USA, Canada and Japan) and three Latin American countries (Brazil, Chile and Mexico).

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Labour Flexibility and Productivity: An Overview

    • Edward J. Amadeo, Susan Horton
    Pages 1-35

  3. Brazil: Labour Market Flexibility and Productivity, with Many Poor Jobs

    • José Márcio Camargo
    Pages 37-64

  4. Labour Flexibility: The Case of Chile

    • Pilar Romaguera, Pablo González, Alejandra Mizala, Cecilia Montero
    Pages 65-112

  5. The Paradox of Flexibility and Rigidity: The Mexican Labour Market in the 1990s

    • Francisco Zapata
    Pages 113-150

  6. Labour Flexibility and Productivity in Canada: Markets, Institutions and Skills

    • Michael Baker, Morley Gunderson, Susan Horton
    Pages 151-183

  7. Labour Market Flexibility in the European Union

    • Robert M. Lindley
    Pages 185-223

  8. Labour Flexibility and Productivity in Japan

    • Neantro Saavedra-Rivano, Hideki Imaoka
    Pages 225-253

  9. Quantitative Flexibility in the US Labour Market

    • Steven G. Allen, Richard B. Freeman
    Pages 255-289

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 291-301
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Departamento de Economia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Brazil

    Edward J. Amadeo

  • Institute for Policy Analysis, University of Toronto, Canada

    Susan Horton

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Labour Productivity and Flexibility

  • Editors: Edward J. Amadeo, Susan Horton

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25977-9

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1997

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-64399-0Published: 08 October 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-25979-3Published: 01 January 1997

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-25977-9Published: 13 December 1997

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 301

  • Topics: Labor Economics

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