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[IWS] WTO & ILO: MAKING GLOBALIZATION SOCIALLY SUSTAINABLE [New Book FREE Online] [20 September 2011]

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Joint World Trade Organization (WTO) & International Labour Organization (ILO) & funded by International Chamber of Commerce

 

Making Globalization Socially Sustainable [20 September 2011]

http://www.ilo.org/employment/Whatwedo/Publications/WCMS_144904/lang--en/index.htm

or

http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/---dcomm/---publ/documents/publication/wcms_144904.pdf

[full-text, 339 pages]

 

Contents

iii

Foreword xi

Notes on contributors xiii

Acknowledgements xv

Introduction 1

Marc Bacchetta and Marion Jansen

Globalization and employment 3

Globalization and uncertainty 8

Globalization and inequality 12

Open questions 16

1 Globalization, offshoring and jobs 21

Holger Görg

1.1 Introduction 21

1.2 Globalization and (un)employment 22

1.3 Globalization and the changing industrial structure 37

1.4 Policy implications 39

2 Globalization, structural change and productivity growth 49

Margaret McMillan and Dani Rodrik

2.1 Introduction 49

2.2 The data and some stylized facts 51

2.3 Patterns of structural change and productivity growth 63

2.4 What explains these patterns of structural change? 75

2.5 Concluding comments 78

Appendices

A2.1 Data description 79

A2.2 Supplementing the 10-Sector Database 80

3 The crisis, policy reactions and attitudes to globalization

and jobs 85

David N.F. Bell and David G. Blanchflower

3.1 Introduction 85

3.2 The Great Recession 85

3.3 The labour market 90

3.4 Happiness and attitudes to employment and globalization 100

3.5 Policy responses 110

3.6 Conclusions 113

4 Globalization and economic volatility 119

John Haltiwanger

4.1 Introduction 119

4.2 Basic facts 122

4.3 Conceptual underpinnings 125

4.4 What is the evidence on the impact of trade liberalization on

productivity-enhancing reallocation and earnings and employment? 132

4.5 Policy lessons and challenges 135

4.6 Concluding remarks 137

5 Actual and perceived effects of offshoring on economic

insecurity: The role of labour market regimes 147

William Milberg and Deborah Winkler

5.1 Introduction 147

5.2 The rise of economic insecurity in the OECD 149

5.3 Mitigating economic vulnerability: The role of the state 153

5.4 Offshoring and economic insecurity: Theory and evidence 157

5.5 Offshoring and the labour share under different labour market

regimes 165

5.6 Offshoring and perceptions of economic insecurity 180

5.7 Conclusion 187

Appendix

A5.1 Data 189

6 Social protection in labour markets exposed to external

shocks 199

Devashish Mitra and Priya Ranjan

6.1 Introduction 199

6.2 Rationale for social protection in a more globalized world 201

6.3 Social protection measures used to deal with the East Asian

financial crisis 208

6.4 Social protection plans and their financing in developed and

developing countries 212

6.5 Best practices with regard to social protection 221

6.6 Concluding remarks 224

7 Globalization and within-country income inequality 233

Nina Pavcnik

7.1 Introduction 233

7.2 Discussion of common measures of inequality 234

7.3 Evidence on the evolution of within-country inequality 236

7.4 The effect of globalization on inequality: An overview 239

7.5 Merchandise trade 241

7.6 Trade in intermediate inputs: Outsourcing 247

7.7 Trade in services 251

7.8 Conclusion 252

8 Redistribution policies in a globalized world 261

Carles Boix

8.1 Introduction 261

8.2 The redistributive effects of globalization 262

8.3 Globalization and compensation 270

8.4 Are welfare states sustainable in a globalized world? 282

8.5 Conclusions 288

9 Education policies to make globalization more inclusive 297

Ludger Woessmann

9.1 Introduction 297

9.2 Theoretical framework: Skills and technological diffusion in a

globalized world 298

9.3 Empirical evidence: Skills and economic growth 300

9.4 Policy implications: Education policies to make globalization more

inclusive 305

9.5 Conclusions 310

Index 317

 

Globalization is widely seen as a powerful engine that has the potential to promote growth and development. For many years, however, concerns have also been raised about the effects of globalization on jobs and wages. This has led to questions about the social sustainability of globalization. This volume consists of contributions by leading academic experts who analyse the various channels through which globalization affects jobs and wages.

 

Globalization is widely seen as a powerful engine that has the potential to promote growth and development. For many years, however, concerns have also been raised about the effects of globalization on jobs and wages. This has led to questions about the social sustainability of globalization.

 

Jointly published by the ILO and the WTO, with funding by the International Chamber of Commerce, this publication consists of contributions by leading academic experts who analyse the various channels through which globalization affects jobs and wages. Together, the nine chapters in this volume summarize state-of-the art knowledge on themes related to the social dimension of globalization.

The volume, therefore, represents a step in the direction of a better understanding of the mechanisms through which globalization affects workers and of the measures that governments can take to give globalization a strong social dimension. It will be of value to all those who are interested in the debate on the social sustainability of globalization, including workers and employers, policy-makers, academics, and other trade and labour specialists.



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