Global unemployment, Long-run economic growth and labour market rigidities: a commentary

Singh, Ajit (1999): Global unemployment, Long-run economic growth and labour market rigidities: a commentary. Published in: Special Contribution, in ‘Perspectives on Globalization and Employment, Dibroy’, B. (ed.), Office of Development Studies Discussion Paper Series, UNDP (1 December 1999): pp. 50-69.

Abstract

Abstract

This short paper aims to contribute to the debate on the causes and remedies for high rates of unemployment and under-employment, which presently afflict large parts of both the North (industrial countries) and the South (developing countries).

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Globalisation, disguised unemployment, labour market, economic development, long-term growth
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F0 - General; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J0 - General; J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development

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