Global Labour in Distress, Volume II

Introduction: Policies for All Seasons: The Post-Cold War Era.- Part I Inequality.- Income Inequality and Effectiveness in Redistribution.- Changing Perspectives on Inequality and Development.- Income Inequality and Labour.- Unions and Wage Inequality.- Economic Transformation and the Gender Earnings Gap in Urban China.- The Geography of Poverty, Inequality and Wealth in the UK and Abroad: Because Enough Is Never Enough.- Measuring Inequality of Opportunity for the Backward Communities: Regional Evidence from the Indian Labour Market.- The COVID-19 Pandemic, Economic Inequality and Democracy.- Part II (In)decent Work.- Decent Work for Change.- Minimum Wages and Poverty with Income-Sharing.- What Is Unemployment in Europe? Concepts and Measurement in the European Community Household Panel.- Workers and Labour Market Outcomes of Informal Jobs in Formal Establishments.- The Rigidity ofLabour Informality in Peru: The Need for a Paradigm Switch.- (In)decent Work for Youth in Agro-Industrial Value Chains in Uganda.- Corporate Responsibility and Gender: Failing Women Workers in Global Production.- How Family-Friendly Work Environments Affect Work/ Family Conflict: A Meta-Analytic Examination.- How Employed Mothers in Australia Find Time for Both Market Work and Childcare.- Part III Labour and Institutions.- Labour Policies for All Tastes.- Institutions for High-Quality Growth: What They Are and How to Acquire Them.- Labor Standards and Labor Market Flexibility in East Asia.- The Recent Movement Towards a Four-Day Working Week.- Labor Market Institutions and Demographic Employment Patterns.- Equilibrium Unemployment and the Duration of Unemployment Benefits.- Social Protection Schemes in Ethiopia: The Productive Safety Net Program and the Community Based Health Insurance Scheme.- How Impact Evaluation Is Shaping the Design of Labour Market Policies.- Data Gap Analysis, Indicator Selection and Index Development: A Case for Developing Economies.- Illusions and Disillusions with Poverty Reduction Strategies: Growth, Crisis and the MDGs in Bolivia, Honduras and Nicaragua.