Labour Market Flexibility and Decent Work

Gerry Rodgers

Working Papers from United Nations, Department of Economics and Social Affairs

Abstract: This paper reviews evidence from both industrialized and developing countries on the re1ationship between labour market flexibility and employment. It is argued that the notion of flexibility and its impact is often oversimplified. The evidence, such as it is, does not provide much support for the view that greater flexibility results in higher employment. There is more evidence for an impact on the distribution of employment among different groups of the population, but also effects which vary widely between countries. Flexibility needs to be considered within a wider framework of policies and institutions to promote decent work.

Keywords: labour market flexibility; labour institutions; decent work; employment; unemployment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 11 pages
Date: 2007-07
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-lab
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