The Future of Work in Diverse Economic Systems

Download or read book The Future of Work in Diverse Economic Systems written by Daniel Friel and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2024-02-29 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Element reviews varieties of capitalism (VoC) developed by Hall and Soskice and subsequent extensions to emerging markets. The author suggests that by reinvigorating existing ideal types and creating new ones through an analysis of its five variables in a variety of countries VoC can be used to evaluate the viability of economic reforms in each country, based on lessons from other countries belonging to their ideal type. It illustrates the utility of VoC in understanding how reforms will differ across countries by examining how the future of work is likely to differ across nations depending on the degree to which the five institutions explored in this approach promote the standardization of tasks. It analyzes how these institutions shape degrees of standardization in the United States, Germany, and Brazil, offering suggestions for reforms in each of them.