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Labour Flexibility and Productivity: An Overview

In: Labour Productivity and Flexibility

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  • Edward J. Amadeo
  • Susan Horton

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Labour market flexibility is being seen as increasingly important, given the rapid changes in the world economy and the intensification of global competition. This book examines theory and country evidence to challenge the myth that deregulation of the labour market is the surest way to improve flexibility of labour and improve productivity. Labour market flexibility should not be, as the World Bank states it is, ‘a euphemism for pushing wages down and workers out’ (World Bank, 1995).

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  • Edward J. Amadeo & Susan Horton, 1997. "Labour Flexibility and Productivity: An Overview," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Edward J. Amadeo & Susan Horton (ed.), Labour Productivity and Flexibility, chapter 1, pages 1-35, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-25977-9_1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-25977-9_1
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    1. Sanjai Kumar Shukla & Sushil & Manoj Kumar Sharma, 2019. "Managerial Paradox Toward Flexibility: Emergent Views Using Thematic Analysis of Literature," Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, Springer;Global Institute of Flexible Systems Management, vol. 20(4), pages 349-370, December.
    2. Guilherme Cemin Paula & André M. Marques, 2022. "Brazilian Wage Curve: Further Evidence Based on Spatial Interactions in Times of Recession, 2012–2019," The Indian Journal of Labour Economics, Springer;The Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE), vol. 65(3), pages 689-708, September.

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