Labor and Economic Growth in Five Asian Countries : South Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, and the Philippines

Explores developments in the labour markets of five countries - South Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand and the Philippines - which have undergone successful economic development during the past quarter of a century. The developments are in areas such as employment, earnings, industrial relations and social security measures. The author's methodology is comparative by specific subject, so that a correlation of developmental stages and the emergence of particular features of the labour market emerges.