Thursday, January 03, 2008
[IWS] EMCC: RESTRUCTURING & EMPLOYMENT in the EU: The IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION [20 December 2007]
IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Condtions (Dublin Foundation)
European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
ERM Report 2007 - Restructuring and employment in the EU: The impact of globalisation [20 December 2007]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0768.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/68/en/1/ef0768en.pdf
[full-text, 117 pages]
Author:
Storrie, Donald; Ward, Terry
Summary:
This report provides some perspectives on the effects of trade liberalisation on the European labour market. For its analysis, it draws on data from the European Restructuring Monitor (ERM), the only EU-wide monitoring instrument available. The 2007 ERM report identifies some of the recent and emerging trends in the current phase of globalisation and provides suggestions on how policy should be re-oriented to address these new circumstances.
CONTENTS
Overview 1
Introduction 7
Chapter 1: Economic globalisation and labour markets: 9
The nature and logic of trade pre-1980 10
Emergence of the 'Tiger economies' 11
Key empirical characteristics of recent international trade 12
Fragmentation, outsourcing and offshoring 17
Trade, offshoring and labour markets 20
Chapter 2: Evidence of offshoring in the European Restructuring Monitor 25
Cases of restructuring involving offshoring 26
Cases of relocation within the EU15 27
Offshoring by Member State 28
Offshoring by sector 29
Types of job delocalised 32
Regions of destination of delocalised activities 34
Regions of destination by sector 35
Regions of destination by activity 35
Nationality of the enterprises that offshore 38
Enterprise nationality by region of destination 41
Concluding remarks 42
Chapter 3: Future perspectives on globalisation and its policy implications 45
An emerging new globalisation paradigm? 45
Quantifying service jobs at risk 47
Policy implications of a new globalisation paradigm 48
Limits to offshoring 50
The future scale of globalisation 51
Is Chinese and Indian growth sustainable? 54
Concluding remarks 57
Chapter 4: Mitigating negative effects of globalisation 59
The role of the government in labour market adjustment 60
Chapter 5: Active labour market policy and displaced workers 63
Potentials and limits of active labour market policy 63
Targeting active labour market policy measures 65
Evaluating active labour market policy measures 66
Evidence of the impact 67
Efficiency and equity when targeting displaced workers 69
Empirical evidence of the costs of job displacement 72
Appropriate types of active labour market policy for displaced workers 74
Concluding remarks 78
Chapter 6: Active labour market policies for trade-induced displacement 79
Experiences from the United States Trade Adjustment Assistance 79
The European Globalisation adjustment Fund 83
Chapter 7: Social partners and relocation 89
Relocation and European Works Councils 89
Relocation and trade union response in some high-skilled white-collar unions 92
The Danish approach: Social partnership, vocational education and training 96
Main policy conclusions 98
Bibliography 101
Appendix 1: The European Restructuring Monitor 107
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Condtions (Dublin Foundation)
European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
ERM Report 2007 - Restructuring and employment in the EU: The impact of globalisation [20 December 2007]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/publications/htmlfiles/ef0768.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2007/68/en/1/ef0768en.pdf
[full-text, 117 pages]
Author:
Storrie, Donald; Ward, Terry
Summary:
This report provides some perspectives on the effects of trade liberalisation on the European labour market. For its analysis, it draws on data from the European Restructuring Monitor (ERM), the only EU-wide monitoring instrument available. The 2007 ERM report identifies some of the recent and emerging trends in the current phase of globalisation and provides suggestions on how policy should be re-oriented to address these new circumstances.
CONTENTS
Overview 1
Introduction 7
Chapter 1: Economic globalisation and labour markets: 9
The nature and logic of trade pre-1980 10
Emergence of the 'Tiger economies' 11
Key empirical characteristics of recent international trade 12
Fragmentation, outsourcing and offshoring 17
Trade, offshoring and labour markets 20
Chapter 2: Evidence of offshoring in the European Restructuring Monitor 25
Cases of restructuring involving offshoring 26
Cases of relocation within the EU15 27
Offshoring by Member State 28
Offshoring by sector 29
Types of job delocalised 32
Regions of destination of delocalised activities 34
Regions of destination by sector 35
Regions of destination by activity 35
Nationality of the enterprises that offshore 38
Enterprise nationality by region of destination 41
Concluding remarks 42
Chapter 3: Future perspectives on globalisation and its policy implications 45
An emerging new globalisation paradigm? 45
Quantifying service jobs at risk 47
Policy implications of a new globalisation paradigm 48
Limits to offshoring 50
The future scale of globalisation 51
Is Chinese and Indian growth sustainable? 54
Concluding remarks 57
Chapter 4: Mitigating negative effects of globalisation 59
The role of the government in labour market adjustment 60
Chapter 5: Active labour market policy and displaced workers 63
Potentials and limits of active labour market policy 63
Targeting active labour market policy measures 65
Evaluating active labour market policy measures 66
Evidence of the impact 67
Efficiency and equity when targeting displaced workers 69
Empirical evidence of the costs of job displacement 72
Appropriate types of active labour market policy for displaced workers 74
Concluding remarks 78
Chapter 6: Active labour market policies for trade-induced displacement 79
Experiences from the United States Trade Adjustment Assistance 79
The European Globalisation adjustment Fund 83
Chapter 7: Social partners and relocation 89
Relocation and European Works Councils 89
Relocation and trade union response in some high-skilled white-collar unions 92
The Danish approach: Social partnership, vocational education and training 96
Main policy conclusions 98
Bibliography 101
Appendix 1: The European Restructuring Monitor 107
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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