In the wake of the global financial crisis that began in 2008, this book offers a systematic overview of recent developments in regulatory frameworks in advanced and emerging-market countries, outlining challenges to improving regulation, markets, and access in developing economies. - Provided...

The third stage of European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) was implemented in January 1999 against the specter of persistently high unemployment in many of the participating countries. While the high European unemployment has received considerable attention, this new IMF staff study analyzes...

Examining the occupational variation within non-standard employment, this book combines case studies and comparative writing to illustrate how and why alternative occupational employment patterns are formed. Non-standard employment has grown significantly in most developed economies, varying...

Understanding the factors that affect how one transitions from school to the labor market and finally to retirement isimportant both to the individual and to the policy maker. This volume containsseven original and innovative articles that analyze aspects of such labormarket transitions....

Schon in zehn Jahren werden dem Arbeitsmarkt fünf Millionen oder gar mehr Arbeitskräfte fehlen. Parallel wird unsere Gesellschaft deutlich altern. Vor welchen Aufgaben stehen Unternehmen und Beschäftigte, Bildungs-, Familien- und Zuwanderungspolitik? Müssen gesellschaftliche Solidarität und...