The Labour Market and Economic Development of Taiwan

The debate on whether high standards of labour market legislation affect economic growth and the rate of employment is topical and important. The contributors to this book address three main issues: how Taiwan's labour market was able to work so well prior to 1996, maintaining full employment for the last 40 years, regardless of the rapid change of industrial structure in the 1980s; what factors can be attributed to the rapid deterioration of Taiwan's labour market performance since 1996; the measures adopted by the Taiwan government in tackling the recent high unemployment rate, how effective these policies are and what lessons scholars and public policy makers in other countries can learn from Taiwan's experience. An integrated labour-market model (a revision of the Harris-Todaro dualistic labour market model) is presented which can be used to analyze labour market operation in other developing countries. The effectiveness of various policies adopted by the Taiwanese government in tackling high unemployment rate is examined and the findings shed light on public policies in other developing and newly industrialized countries. "The Labour Market and Economic Development of Taiwan" will appeal to scholars of Asian studies, public policy, economic development and labour economists.

ISBN	1847203426	DEWEY edition	DC22
ISBN13	9781847203427 (What's this?)	Pages	360
Publisher	Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd	Volumes	001
Imprint	Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd	Published in	Cheltenham
Format	Hardback	Height (mm)	234
Publication date	30 May 2007	Width (mm)	156
Library of Congress	HD5832	Academic level	Professional / Scholarly
DEWEY	331.120951249

Pt. I	Employment development in a flexible labour market
1	Labour market flexibility and employment : an overview by Joseph S. Lee	3
2	Taiwan's changing employment and earnings structure by Gary S. Fields	36
3	Education and Taiwan's changing employment and earnings structure by Gary S. Fields and Amanda Newton Kraus	59
4	Taiwan' s private sector labour market prior to 1996 by Gary S. Fields	88
Pt. II	Employment development in a regulated and globalized labour market
5	Cyclical employment changes in Taiwanese industry by Christina Y. Liu and Wei-Chiao Huang and Chia-Wei Wang	107
6	Industrial change and structural unemployment in Taiwan by Chung-Chi Wu	130
7	The deterioration in employment : regional unemployment dynamics by Feng-Fuh Jiang and Paul K. C. Liu	157
8	The role of foreign workers in Taiwan's economic development by Joseph S. Lee	182
9	Involuntary job turnover in Taiwan, 1996-2000 by Ji-Ping Lin	211
Pt. III	Labour market policies in the new knowledge economy
10	Employee training programmes and sustainable employability by Joseph S. Lee and Ping-Lung Hsin	241
11	Employment insurance and unemployment in Taiwan by Yang Shih	267
12	Evaluating Taiwan's public service employment programme by Chao-Yin Lin and Mei Hsu	300

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The Labour Market and Economic Development of Taiwan

Joseph S. Lee

Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd