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Provides a global analysis of labour market and social trends, assesses risks of social unrest, and presents employment projections for the next few years. This title examines conditions for restoring job-rich growth in severely crisis-hit advanced economies as well as in emerging economies.

This volume examines the issue of global consolidation and industrial upgrading and its promise and perils for development. It introduces an analytical framework for linking jobs in the industrial structures of both advanced and developing economies through "global value chains." (A value chain describes all the steps required to bring a product from conception to production to distributionto use by the consumer. When different steps occur in ...

This volume provides the richest array of data ever assembled for analyzing working time in the developing world. It is the first of its kind to offer a comparative analysis of trends in developing and transition countries. Tracking trends in hours of work and the organization of working time, the book examines the diverse, and often complex, circumstances that exist in the following countries: Brazil, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Peru, the Ru...

Provides an overview of research on labor and social policies from trade union researchers and academics around the world. This book offers an issue of the IJLR reviews some of those initiatives and examines the state of the relationship between trade unions and worker cooperatives.

The KILM is a multifunctional research tool designed to make labor market information and analysis easily accessible. Harvesting information from international data repositories as well as regional and national statistical sources, the KILM offers data for over 200 countries. This book offers a summary of findings and descriptions of the indicators. The seventeen chapters provide detailed information related to thirty-six data tables available...

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A International Labor Office and Edward Elgar publication Labor market institutions are instrumental for improving the well-being of workers and their families as well as societies. Yet these institutions have been eroded in manycountries over the past few decades, in other parts of the world, they do not exist. This volume examines the importance of these institutions for ensuring equitable incomedistribution, with empirical examples from bot...

This volume sheds light on the magnitude of domestic work, a sector often invisible behind the doors of private households and unprotected by national legislation. It presents national statistics and new global and regional estimates on the number of domestic workers. The book shows that domestic workers represent a significant share of the labor force worldwide and that domestic work is an important source of employment for women, especially ...

For years, the problem of child labour has been overwhelming, its solution hopeless. Yet recently, there is a worldwide perception that at least the most unacceptable forms of child labour must be and can be eradicated within a short time frame. This would set in motion an irreversible process leading to the total elimination of all forms of child labour. In order to visualize and move towards this ultimate goal, it is important to collect, as...

This book examines why workplaces around the world have become involved in childcare and the nature of the programs that have been implemented. It provides an overview of diverse workplace initiatives beyond traditional preschool care. Partnership is a key theme, and the authors highlight the fruitfulness of collaborations that combine the resources and capabilities of different actors. Ten industrialized and developing countries are examined ...

A valuable reference source for anyone interested in conditions of work and life, this trilingual publication provides detailed information on wages, hours of work, and food prices. Published annually, this volume presents the latest results of the ILO October Inquiry, a worldwide survey of wages and hours of work relating to 159 occupations in 49 industry groups and of retail prices of 93 food items. The series was initiated in 1924 and has b...

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Although labor market regulations have been blamed for the poor economic performance of many developing countries, evidence for this argument is weak. Rather than constraining economic development, labor market institutions --including the laws that regulate the labor market --are important for both economic growth and the wellbeing of the workforce. Through a survey of developing countries, this volume reaffirms the importance of labor market...

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