Six Towards an employment strategy of inclusive growth
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Günther Schmid
Abstract
The inclusive growth agenda prioritises a broad based, employment centred pattern of growth as a foundation of social development. Welfare goals cannot be pursued solely through taxes and transfers ‘after the economic event’. The focus must also be upon the predistribution of economic endowments such as human capital, on the distribution of opportunities within the labour market as well as the wages and conditions of the workforce. This means raising the general level of education and training in the workforce, promoting inclusion of marginalized employees, encouraging transitions between various employment relationships over the life course, and ensuring the potential of social mobility.
Abstract
The inclusive growth agenda prioritises a broad based, employment centred pattern of growth as a foundation of social development. Welfare goals cannot be pursued solely through taxes and transfers ‘after the economic event’. The focus must also be upon the predistribution of economic endowments such as human capital, on the distribution of opportunities within the labour market as well as the wages and conditions of the workforce. This means raising the general level of education and training in the workforce, promoting inclusion of marginalized employees, encouraging transitions between various employment relationships over the life course, and ensuring the potential of social mobility.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of figures v
- List of boxes and tables vii
- Acknowledgements ix
- Notes on contributors xi
- Introduction and overview 1
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Theoretical frameworks
- Social investment, inclusive growth that is sustainable and the new global social policy 11
- Taking social investment seriously in developed economies 45
- Making growth inclusive: perspectives on the role of social policy in developing economies 77
- The challenges of inclusive growth for the developmental welfare state 99
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Policy applications
- Measuring and monitoring inclusive growth in developing and advanced economies: multiple definitions, open questions and some constructive proposals 123
- Towards an employment strategy of inclusive growth 145
- Active labour market policies for an inclusive growth 169
- Education and skills for inclusive growth 189
- Inclusive growth and social investments over the life course 213
- Inclusive economic growth for health equity: in search of the elusive evidence 229
- Social protection, social investment and inclusive development 251
- Social politics puzzling: governance for inclusive growth and social investment 273
- Limits to Growth revisited 295
- Conclusion: towards a new global social policy framework? 323
- Index 343
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents iii
- List of figures v
- List of boxes and tables vii
- Acknowledgements ix
- Notes on contributors xi
- Introduction and overview 1
-
Theoretical frameworks
- Social investment, inclusive growth that is sustainable and the new global social policy 11
- Taking social investment seriously in developed economies 45
- Making growth inclusive: perspectives on the role of social policy in developing economies 77
- The challenges of inclusive growth for the developmental welfare state 99
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Policy applications
- Measuring and monitoring inclusive growth in developing and advanced economies: multiple definitions, open questions and some constructive proposals 123
- Towards an employment strategy of inclusive growth 145
- Active labour market policies for an inclusive growth 169
- Education and skills for inclusive growth 189
- Inclusive growth and social investments over the life course 213
- Inclusive economic growth for health equity: in search of the elusive evidence 229
- Social protection, social investment and inclusive development 251
- Social politics puzzling: governance for inclusive growth and social investment 273
- Limits to Growth revisited 295
- Conclusion: towards a new global social policy framework? 323
- Index 343
