Guidance Note on Jobs and Growth Issues in Surveillance and Program Work

Policy Papers ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 (78) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Income Distribution ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Gdp Growth ◽  
Market Reforms ◽  
Guidance Note ◽  
Labor Market Reforms ◽  
Operational Guidance

This note provides operational guidance to staff on Jobs and Growth issues in surveillance and program work, building on the Board paper “Jobs and Growth: Analytical and Operational Considerations for the Fund” (hereafter, “Board paper”). Jobs and Growth issues can be defined broadly as issues relating to GDP growth, employment, and income distribution. The Board paper noted that work on these issues needs to be consistent with both the Fund’s mandate and its areas of expertise. On a number of structural issues, especially related to labor market reforms and social protection schemes, the Fund would need to effectively collaborate with other institutions with greater relevant expertise.

scholarly journals Labor market reforms and unemployment dynamics

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
pp. 3-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabrice Murtin ◽  
Jean-Marc Robin
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Market Reforms ◽  
Labor Market Reforms

scholarly journals Insider–outsider representation and social democratic labor market policy

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reto Bürgisser ◽  
Thomas Kurer
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Original Data ◽  
Policy Outcomes ◽  
Partisan Politics ◽  
Market Reforms ◽  
Labor Market Policy ◽  
Specific Content ◽  
Social Democratic ◽  
Market Policy ◽  
Labor Market Reforms

AbstractPostindustrialization and occupational change considerably complicate partisan politics of the welfare state. This article asks about the determinants of contemporary social democratic labor market policy. We argue that the composition of their support base is a critical constraint and empirically demonstrate that the actual electoral clout of different voter segments decisively affects policy outcomes under left government. We calculate the electoral relevance of two crucial subgroups of the social democratic coalition, labor market insiders and outsiders, in 19 European democracies and combine these indicators with original data capturing the specific content of labor market reforms. The analysis reveals considerable levels of responsiveness and demonstrates that relative electoral relevance is consistently related to policy outcomes. Social democratic governments with a stronger support base among the atypically employed push labor market reforms on their behalf—and vice versa. Our findings have important implications for our understanding of policy-making in postindustrial societies.

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