Globalization, Labour Markets and Inequality in Asia
A Research Project at the Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto
(supported by a grant from IDRC, Ottawa)
Tentative Outline of the Section of the Project on the East Asian experience
Part I
Chapter 1. A review of the theoretical perspectives on globalization, labour markets and Inequality
Part II
The Case Study on Thailand
Chapter 2. An overview of the Structure of Evolution of the Thai Economy and the Structure of Employment
Chapter 3. The Wage Sector in Thailand and Changes in Wage Inequality Over Time
Chapter 4. Explaining the changes in Wage Inequality over the periods of growth, crisis and recovery: A
supply-and demand approach
Chapter 5. Factors in the Demand for Labour affecting the changes in Wage Inequality
Chapter 6. Analysis of the trends in the Distribution of Household Expenditure: the Wage and the Non-wage
sectors.
Chapter 7. Analysis of the Trends in the Incidence of Poverty: Poverty profiles at different dates 1988-2002
Chapter 8. Analysis of the Determinants of Poverty over the periods of growth, crisis and recovery.
Part III
The Case Study of Korea
Chapter outlines to be decided later as the work progresses. It will cover the analysis of topics comparable to
the Thai case in the periods of growth, crisis and recovery. Note, however, that the Korean growth story
will relate to a period going further back than Thailand, and will depend more on secondary sources.
Part IV
The Comparative East Asian Experience (with special reference to the Thai and Korean cases)
The Chapters in this part might be organized round three themes;
A. Export Expansion and Inequality during the Period of Growth
B. The Analysis of Labour Markets and Inequality in the periods of the recent crisis and recovery
C. The Trends in International Competitiveness
It has been decided to issue the individual chapters as working papers as they become available