Labour Markets, Institutions and Inequality

Edited by Janine Berg, Senior Development Economist, International Labour Office, Switzerland

• Contents:Preface James K. Galbraith1. Labour Market Institutions: The Building Blocks of Just Societies Janine BergPART I MACROECONOMIC POLICIES, DEVELOPMENT AND INEQUALITY2. Economic Development and Inequality: Revisiting the Kuznets Curve Sangheon Lee, Megan Gerecke3. Renewing the Full Employment Compact: Issues, Evidence and Policy Implications Iyanatul Islam, Martina HenggePART II INCOME FROM WORK4. Unions and Collective Bargaining Susan Hayter5. Minimum Wages and Inequality Patrick Belser, Uma Rani6. Temporary Contracts and Wage Inequality Sandrine Cazes and Juan Ramón De Laiglesia7. The ‘Deconstruction’ of Part-Time Work Jon C. Messenger and Nikhil RayPART III SOCIAL TRANSFERS AND INCOME REDISTRIBUTION8. Redistribution Policies Malte Luebker9. Pensions and Other Social Security Income Transfers Christina Behrendt andJohn Woodall10. Income Support for the Unemployed and the Poor Janine Berg11. Public Social Services and Income Inequality Juliana Martínez Franzoni, Diego Sanchéz-AncocheaPART IV THE IMPACT OF LABOUR MARKET INSTITUTIONS ON DIFFERENT GROUPS 12. Labour Market Institutions and Gender Equality Sarah Gammage13. Inequalities and the Impact of Labour Market Institutions on Migrant Workers Christiane Kuptsch14. Labour Market Inequality Between Youths and Adults: A Special Case? Gerhard Reinecke and Damian Grimshaw Index

'A defining feature of recent decades has been the rise in income inequality within many, but certainly not all, countries, and perhaps most spectacularly in the US and UK. The reigning explanation remains the orthodox story that it's all about supply and demand. . . . A powerful and welcome antidote, the essays in this fine book make the case that strong institutions are not only 'the building blocks of just societies', but can be, if well-designed, fully consistent with high employment and dynamic economies.'--David R. Howell, New School for Public Engagement, US'The worrying trend of growing inequality was the major theme of Davos in January 2014. In this well-researched and argued volume, Janine Berg and her colleagues show convincingly how neglect for distributional concerns and equitable growth policies in macroeconomic policies and labour market policies led to this worrying trend, why a refocusing on distributional issues and equitable growth policies is urgently needed and what needs to be done to achieve that. A must-read for concerned politicians, industrialists, trade unions and researchers.'--Rolph van der Hoeven, International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University, The Hague, the Netherlands'To sum up, this book provides wide-ranging coverage of macroeconomic, labour market and social protection policies that, taken together, can contribute to the formulation of balanced and equitable social and economic development. A particularly inspiring contribution for policy-makers and for the social partners is the emphasis on analysing the outcomes, limits and potential for improvement of policies in terms of addressing inequality and poverty which benefit society and economy as a whole.'--Transfer