ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper comprising a long term econometric model of economic growth in Japan from 1906 to 1940 - examines the effects of technological change, labour supply and demographic variables in a dualistic economy, and constitutes part of a WEP research project concerned with...

Examines the formulation of national policies including trade, exchange rates, monetary, fiscal and labour market policies and how they contribute to growth and employment generation. Covers mainly the period from 1984 to 2004.

Looks at the extent of and policy responses to the problem of labour shortage in the economies of Japan, Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia.