The International Labour Office (ILO) and the Academic Foundation have co-published the book, “Trade and Employment in the Global Crisis”. The study analyzes how cross-border trade has served as a transmission channel, spreading the crisis to developing states. Key topics covered include how changes in trade flows affect the labor market, the role of price [...]
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has just published, “Making Migration a Development Factor: The Case of North and West Africa”. The study examines the links between labor markets and migration, and the implications for development in Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia, including lessons learned and examples from other countries and regions.
The global financial and [...]
A recently-published Eurostat report on population and social conditions shows that one in three unemployed persons in the EU have been jobless for over a year, according to data from the European Labour Force Survey (LFS).
While there may be hope of economic recovery, the effects of the crisis on the European labor market are still [...]
The International Labour Office (ILO) has just launched the study, “Women in Labour Markets: Measuring Progress and Identifying Challenges”. The report focuses on the relationship of women to labour markets and compares employment for men and women using labour market indicators from the ILO Key Indicators of the Labour Market. The main findings highlight a [...]
The European Working Conditions Observatory (EWCO) has just published a study conducted by the Spanish National Health and Safety at Work Institute, “Working Conditions of Non-standard Workers”, which sheds light on the working conditions of certain groups of workers, including self-employed workers, those who are not registered with social security, migrant workers and workers on [...]
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has just published the “World of Work Report 2009: Global Jobs Crisis and Beyond.” The study analyzes the impact of the global recession and projects that unless adequate measures are adopted and in some cases continued, more than 40 million people could drop out of the labor market. The report [...]
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have released its second bulletin, “The Employment Situation in Latin America and the Caribbean: Crisis in Labour Markets and Countercyclical Responses.” The ECLAC/ILO bulletin describes the impact of the crisis on labour markets, beginning with a brief review of [...]
The International Labour Office (ILO) has launched a new report evaluating the impact of the global financial crisis on women in the world of work. The report, titled “Global Employment Trends for Women 2009“, provides an update on the projected impact of the economic crisis from a gender perspective based on the latest data on [...]
