Table of Contents
Overview ......................................................................................................................................... 1
What is Changing in the World of Work .................................................................................... 5
What Can Governments Do?....................................................................................................... 8
This Study’s Running Order ..................................................................................................... 10
References ................................................................................................................................. 15
Chapter 1: The Changing Nature of Work .................................................................................... 16
Technology Generates Jobs ....................................................................................................... 17
How Work is Changing ............................................................................................................. 20
A Simple Model of Changing Work ......................................................................................... 25
References ................................................................................................................................. 31
Chapter 2: The Changing Nature of Firms ................................................................................... 33
Superstar firms .......................................................................................................................... 34
Competitive Markets ................................................................................................................. 38
Tax Avoidance .......................................................................................................................... 40
References ................................................................................................................................. 44
Chapter 3: Building Human Capital ............................................................................................. 46
Why government should become involved ............................................................................... 48
Why governments often fail and why measurement helps ....................................................... 50
The human capital project ......................................................................................................... 51
References ................................................................................................................................. 61
Chapter 4: Lifelong Learning........................................................................................................ 64
Learning in Early Childhood ..................................................................................................... 68
Tertiary Education ..................................................................................................................... 71
Adult Learning Outside Jobs ..................................................................................................... 76
References ................................................................................................................................. 82
Chapter 5: Returns to Work .......................................................................................................... 85
Informality ................................................................................................................................. 87
Working Women ....................................................................................................................... 89
Working in Agriculture ............................................................................................................. 92
References ................................................................................................................................. 96
Chapter 6: Strengthening Social Protection and Labor Policies ................................................... 98
Social Assistance ....................................................................................................................... 99
Social Insurance ...................................................................................................................... 105
Labor Regulation ..................................................................................................................... 107
References ............................................................................................................................... 112
Chapter 7: Ideas for Social Inclusion .......................................................................................... 114
A New “New Deal”? ............................................................................................................... 115
Possible Elements of a New Social Contract .......................................................................... 117
Financing Social Inclusion ...................................................................................................... 119
References ............................................................................................................................... 127