Trade and employment in Asia [electronic resource] / edited by Niny Khor and Devashish Mitra.

Contributor(s): Khor, Niny | Mitra, DevashishMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Routledge : Asian Development Bank, 2013. Description: xxv, 285 p. : illISBN: 9780203384824 (e-book : PDF)Subject(s): Foreign trade and employment -- Asia | Asia -- Commerce | Labor market -- Asia | Free trade -- AsiaGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: No titleOnline resources: Click here to access online Also available in print edition.

Contents:

1. Trade and employment : introduction / Nlny Khor and Devashlsh Mitra -- 2. International trade, growth, and structural changes in employment in developing Asia / John Gilbert -- 3. Trade and the quality of employment : Asian and non-Asian countries / Robert J. Flanagan and Nlny Khor -- 4. Competition, labor intensity, and specialization : Structural changes in postcrisis Asia / Yothtn Jinjarak and Kanda Naknot -- 5. Globalization, labor market regulation, and firm behavior / Moritz Meyer and Paul Vandenberg -- 6. Exports and employment in the People's Republic of China / Cal Fang and Du Yang -- 7. Trade and employment in Hong Kong, China : towards a service economy / James P. Vere -- 8. Exports and employment in Indonesia : the decline in labor-intensive manufacturing and the rise of services / Haryo Aswicahyono, Douglas H. Brooks, and Chris Manning -- 9. Globalization and workers : firm-level evidence from the Republic of Korea / Devashish Mitra and Jeongeun Shin -- 10. Foreign labor in Malaysian manufacturing : trends, patterns, and implications for domestic wages / Prema-Chandra Athukorala and Evelyn S. Devadason.

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