Indonesian Labour in Transition - An East Asian Success Story?

Klappentext The book covers labour markets in Indonesia under Soeharto's New Order government. Zusammenfassung The book deals with the transformation of labour markets in Indonesia over 30 years of New Order government under President Soeharto. It traces the impact of rapid economic growth on employment! wages and labour productivity in an initially poor labour surplus economy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Part I. Setting the Scene: 1. Labour market issues in Indonesian development; 2. Economic development and labour markets: international experience; Part II. Economic Growth and Labour Market Dynamics: 3. Economic and social transformation: a remarkable record; 4. New jobs and rising productivity: the formal-informal sector divide; 5. Wage growth in a labour surplus economy?; 6. Labour market structure and institutions; 7. Unemployment and under-employment: pressing problems?; 8. Protecting and controlling workers in a labour surplus economy; 9. More women in the work force: regress or progress?; Part III. Lessons from the Indonesian Case: 10. Rapid economic growth and labour outcomes; References.

Product details

• Authors: Chris Manning, Chris (Australian National University Manning
• Assisted by: Ron Duncan (Editor), Maree Tait (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.03.1998
• EAN: 9780521594127
• ISBN: 978-0-521-59412-7
• No. of pages: 346
• Series: Trade and Development
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous