Global Labour in Distress, Volume II : Earnings, (In)decent Work and Institutions

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 of Labour 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.