The Labour Market and Economic Development of Taiwan

The debate on whether high standards of labour market legislation affect economic growth and the rate of employment is topical and important. The contributors to this book address three main issues: how Taiwan's labour market was able to work so well prior to 1996, maintaining full employment for the last 40 years, regardless of the rapid change of industrial structure in the 1980s; what factors can be attributed to the rapid deterioration of Taiwan's labour market performance since 1996; the measures adopted by the Taiwan government in tackling the recent high unemployment rate, how effective these policies are and what lessons scholars and public policy makers in other countries can learn from Taiwan's experience. An integrated labour-market model (a revision of the Harris-Todaro dualistic labour market model) is presented which can be used to analyze labour market operation in other developing countries. The effectiveness of various policies adopted by the Taiwanese government in tackling high unemployment rate is examined and the findings shed light on public policies in other developing and newly industrialized countries. "The Labour Market and Economic Development of Taiwan" will appeal to scholars of Asian studies, public policy, economic development and labour economists.

ISBN 1847203426   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9781847203427 (What's this?)   Pages 360 Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd   Volumes 001 Imprint Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd   Published in Cheltenham Format Hardback   Height (mm) 234 Publication date 30 May 2007   Width (mm) 156 Library of Congress HD5832   Academic level Professional / Scholarly DEWEY 331.120951249

Pt. I		Employment development in a flexible labour market
1		Labour market flexibility and employment : an overview by Joseph S. Lee		3
2		Taiwan's changing employment and earnings structure by Gary S. Fields		36
3		Education and Taiwan's changing employment and earnings structure by Gary S. Fields and Amanda Newton Kraus		59
4		Taiwan' s private sector labour market prior to 1996 by Gary S. Fields		88
Pt. II		Employment development in a regulated and globalized labour market
5		Cyclical employment changes in Taiwanese industry by Christina Y. Liu and Wei-Chiao Huang and Chia-Wei Wang		107
6		Industrial change and structural unemployment in Taiwan by Chung-Chi Wu		130
7		The deterioration in employment : regional unemployment dynamics by Feng-Fuh Jiang and Paul K. C. Liu		157
8		The role of foreign workers in Taiwan's economic development by Joseph S. Lee		182
9		Involuntary job turnover in Taiwan, 1996-2000 by Ji-Ping Lin		211
Pt. III		Labour market policies in the new knowledge economy
10		Employee training programmes and sustainable employability by Joseph S. Lee and Ping-Lung Hsin		241
11		Employment insurance and unemployment in Taiwan by Yang Shih		267
12		Evaluating Taiwan's public service employment programme by Chao-Yin Lin and Mei Hsu		300

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