Böcker av Jesus Felipe

The book explores recent drivers and factors of socio-economic development, in particular Global Value Chains and digital technologies, with analysis of 39 regional economies in Asia plus Australia and New Zealand. The editors use a database covering a wide range of Asian economies from 1990-2020 across four key areas.

This volume argues that while labour market reforms may be necessary in some specific cases, by no means are labour market policies the main explanation for the widespread increase in unemployment and underemployment across Asia and country specific studies undermine the case for across-the-board labour market reforms.