Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
This timely book provides a wide-ranging and insightful discussion of how labor market institutions and policies influence the mechanisms of economic integration and how economic integration inturn is likely to influence key features of labor markets. It offers both a clear analysis of these issues and a wealth of comparative labor market data. Robert J. Flanagan, Stanford University
A volume of the Integrating National Economies Series
Synopsis
In this book, part of the Brookings series Integrating National Economies: Promise and Pitfalls, Ronald Ehrenberg examines how labor market institutions and policies influence trade flows, capital mobility, and labor mobility and the pace at which international economic integration proceeds. He also discusses the pressures to change some labor market institutions and policies that arise from integration.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-119) and index.