Global Trends in Job Polarisation and Upgrading

A Comparison of Developed and Developing Economies

AvSergio Torrejón Pérez,Enrique Fernández-Macías

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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Beskrivning

This open-access book offers a comparative analysis of changes in employment structures on a global scale, focusing on employment trends during the first decades of the 21st century across 17 developed and developing economies, including countries from Europe, North America, Central and Latin America, and Asia.

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Utgivningsdatum:2025-02-26
Mått:148 x 210 x 24 mm
Vikt:571 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:335
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031762277

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Sergio Torrejón Pérez is an economic and policy analyst at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission in Spain. Enrique Fernández-Macías is a researcher at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission in Spain.John Hurley is a senior research manager at EUROFOUND in Dublin, Ireland.

Innehållsförteckning

Part I: Introduction.- 1. Why this study now?.- 2. The debate: context and literature review.- 3. Approach and methods.- Part II: Analytical content.- 4. Employment shifts in Europe from 1997 to 2021: the cases of Ireland, France, Spain, Germany, the Czech Republic, Italy, Sweden and Romania.- 5. Job Polarization in the United States in the 21st Century: Studying Shifts in Employment Structures Using Occupations and Sectors.- 6. Structural Changes in Canadian Employment from 1997 to 2022.- 7. Changes in the employment structure and the debate on occupational polarization in Latin America: the cases of Argentina, Chile and Mexico.- 8. Structural Changes in Brazilian Employment (2002-2021).- 9. Changes in the employment structure in India from 2012 to 2020: a trend towards job upgrading and de-routinization.- 10. Shifts in Composition of Jobs: Upgrading, Downgrading or Polarization? The Case of Russia 2000-2019.- 11. Structural Changes in South Korean Employment (2000–2021).- Part III: Summary and final remarks.- 12. Main patterns of employment change at the global level.- 13. Conclusions.