Labour shortage responses in Japan, Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Malaysia : a review and evaluation

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ISBN	9789221208433 (pbk.)
Call Number	HD5821 D822 2008
Author	Ducanes, Geoffrey
Title	Labour shortage responses in Japan, Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Malaysia : a review and evaluation / Geoffrey Ducanes and Manolo Abella
Imprint	Bangkok : ILO, 2008.
Physical	46 p. ; 27 cm.
Series Name	Working paper / ILO Asian Regional Programme on Governance of Labour Migration ;no.2
Summary	The labour shortage has both economic and demographic roots in these economies, except in Malaysia where it is mainly of economic origin. Policy responses are categorized into raising productivity, extending employment, enlisting the inactive and unemployed, importing workers, offshoring and outsourcing, and improving fertility. The five countries undertook different mixes of policy responses to labour shortage with varying degrees of effectiveness.
Founding Information Note	With the compliments of International Labour Organization (ILO), Library
Subject	Labor supply--Asia
Coorperative Author	Abella, Manolo
Corporate Author	International Labour Organization. Regional Office for Asia & the Pacific
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520 ^aThe labour shortage has both economic and demographic roots in these economies, except in Malaysia where it is mainly of economic origin. Policy responses are categorized into raising productivity, extending employment, enlisting the inactive and unemployed, importing workers, offshoring and outsourcing, and improving fertility. The five countries undertook different mixes of policy responses to labour shortage with varying degrees of effectiveness.

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Labour shortage responses in Japan, Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Malaysia : a review and evaluation

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