Saint-Paul, Giles

Dual Labor Markets: A Macroeconomic Perspective

Boston : Mit Press, 1996

Abstract: Le teorie sul mercato del lavoro duale sono centrate principalmente sui fattori microeconomici come la discriminazione, la povertà e lo stato sociale. Questo volume considera le implicazioni macroeco- nomiche. L'A. analizza un modello derivato da ricerche condotte da diversi studioso per valutare decisioni politiche, quali il livello e la persistenza della disoccupazione, il livello dei salari reali e la riforma del mercato del lavoro negli Stati Uniti. Il volume è suddiviso nei seguen ...; [read all] Le teorie sul mercato del lavoro duale sono centrate principalmente sui fattori microeconomici come la discriminazione, la povertà e lo stato sociale. Questo volume considera le implicazioni macroeco- nomiche. L'A. analizza un modello derivato da ricerche condotte da diversi studioso per valutare decisioni politiche, quali il livello e la persistenza della disoccupazione, il livello dei salari reali e la riforma del mercato del lavoro negli Stati Uniti. Il volume è suddiviso nei seguenti capitoli: 1. The U.S. Debate on Dual Labor Market; The European Debate over Labor Market Flexibility; Are Rigidities That Bad? The Debate on Labor Market Flows and "Renovating Economies", Unemployment and Skills; Required Technical Background. PP. 1-14 2. Some Technical Background: An Introduction to Dynamic Programming; The Matching Function. PP. 15-16 3. Dynamic Efficiency Wage Model: Presentation of the Model; The Cost of Labor; The Dynamics of Labor Demand; Aspects of Commitment; Introducing Dualism. PP. 14-44 4. The Dual Model: Internal Dualism and Demand Volatility; Introducing Internal Dualism in the Dynamic Efficiency Wage Model; Persistent Shocks. PP. 45-58 5. Efficiency Wages and Segmented Labor Markets: The Empirical Debate. Competitive versus Noncompetitive Models of the Labor Market; The Debate on Interindustry Wage Differentials; Direct Evidence; Evidence on Dualism. PP. 59-68 6. Dualism, Labor Market Reform, and Macroeconomic Performance. PP. 69-100 7. Impact of Dualism on Wage Formation. PP. 101-120 8. Dualism and Labor Market Flows. Facts about Flows; Job Creation and Job Destruction in the Dual Model. PP. 122-126 9. From Job Flows to Worker Flows; Dynamic Simulations; Do Dual Labor Markets Lead to a Dual Society? PP. 121-134 10.Skilled versus Unskilled Workers: The Basic Model; Impact of the Productivity Differential and the Skill Composition of the Population; The Flexibile Regime and the Role of Irreversibility. PP. 135-162 11.Human Capital Accumulation: The Simple Learning-by-Doing Model; Labor Market Rigidities and the Return to Education; Perspectives on Labor Market Institutions and Economic Growth; Political and Distributional Issues. PP. 163-176 12.The Political Economy of Two-Tier System: A Simple Model of the Labor Market; Two-Tier System as a Political Implementation Devise; The Consensus Role of Two-Tier System; Two-Tier Contracts as a Support-Building Device and the Associated Time-Consistency Problem; Empirical Evidence on the Political Aspects of Labor Market Flexibility. PP. 177-200 [compress]

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Description	Dual Labor Markets: A Macroeconomic Perspective/ Giles Saint-Paul ; a cura di Giles Saint-Paul. - Boston : Mit Press, 1996. - Pp. 218 ; 24 cm
Notes	Bibliografia: Pp. 201-210
Authors	Saint-Paul, Giles - [Main author] ; Libri\0009023 Saint-Paul, Giles - [Secondary author] - [Editor] ; Libri\0009023
Keys	Costo Lavoro ; Libri\0009023 Europa ; Libri\0009023 Flessibilità ; Libri\0009023 Mercato del lavoro ; Libri\0009023 Usa ; Libri\0009023
Publishing location	Boston ; Libri\0009023
Editor	Mit Press ; Libri\0009023
	Categorie _MONOGRAFIE - LA (Libri dagli anni '70 ad oggi)
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