Resources on future of work
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Work4Youth Publications
Informal employment among youth: evidence from 20 school-to-work transition surveys
04 February 2014
This report provides empirical evidence to confirm that informal employment, a category considered as “non-standard” in traditional literature, is in fact “standard” among young workers in developing economies. Based on the school-to-work transitions surveys (SWTSs) run in 2012-2013, the report finds that three-quarters of young workers aged 15-29 (at the aggregate level) are currently engaged in informal employment.
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ILO Research paper No. 9
Labour formalization and declining inequality in Argentina and Brazil in 2000s: A dynamic approach
03 February 2014
This paper analyses the processes of labour formalization in Brazil and Argentina and its interrelation with the evolution of income inequality over the 2000s. It also contributes to the debates on formalising the informal and how to reduce income inequality.
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Guide on employment policy and international labour standards
10 January 2014
The aim of the present Guide is to increase awareness and understanding of the importance of placing the promotion of full, productive and freely chosen employment at the heart of socio-economic and development policies through a rights-based approach and a broad basis of agreement achieved through social dialogue, in line with the Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122).
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National Tripartite Social Dialogue: An ILO guide for improved governance
02 December 2013
This guide is part of the ILO’s effort to respond to the demand from ILO member States for technical support in the field of establishing or strengthening mechanisms for tripartite social dialogue at the policy level in line with international labour standards and good comparative practice
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Studies on Growth with Equity
Kenya: Making quality employment the driver of development
02 December 2013
The report analyses how the growing disconnect between growth and job creation in Kenya is having detrimental consequences on living standards and working conditions, especially for youth. It discusses how a comprehensive approach that integrates employment goals with strategic growth plans can contribute to a more stable and equitable growth pattern.
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Gender dimensions of national employment policies: A 24 country study
18 November 2013
EMPLOYMENT Working Paper No. 152
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The Social Dimensions of Free Trade Agreements
06 November 2013
The report provides a comprehensive review of all existing trade agreements that include social provisions and discusses impacts for enterprises and workers.It also helps assess the challenges for arising from the multiplication of trade agreements that include different social provisions.
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Labour Administration in Uncertain Times: Policy, Practice and Institutions
01 November 2013
The 2008 financial crisis marked the beginning of a prolonged and ongoing period of extreme economic turbulence that has created multiple challenges for both governments and national systems of labour administration. Difficult economic conditions are encouraging a re-evaluation of established policies and institutions in the areas of labour, employment, social protection and industrial relations.
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Good practices
Business and the fight against child labour - Experience from India, Brazil and South Africa
25 October 2013
A new report on the efforts of businesses in three countries in the global South to eliminate child labour, in their operations, supply chains and wider communities.
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Guidelines
Equal Pay - An introductory guide
04 October 2013
Ensuring that the work done by women and men is valued fairly and ending pay discrimination is essential to achieving gender equality. However, pay inequality continues to persist and gender pay gaps in some instances have stagnated or even increased.