Focuses on relationship between the organization of labour markets and other srtructural and economic features, both across countries and in different historical circumstances.

ILO pub. Article on the development of large cities and giant urban area agglomerations and their influence on living conditions and employment of urban populations - discusses the demographic aspects of large towns, makes forecasts, and examines the relationship between size and quality of...

Reviews the key economic characteristics of the globalization process and examines its impact on employment, poverty, inequality, global insecurity, child labour, gender issues and migration. Explores national and international policy responses, highlighting the importance of trade negotiations...

Covers trend from 1990 to 1998.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper emanating from the WEP on the effects of the migration of migrant workers from Mediterranean countries in Western Europe on both home and host countries, with particular reference to employment and income distribution - examines effects on the host country in terms...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper, emanating from a WEP research project concerned with population and employment, on the impact of internal migration on occupational structure and income distribution in Brazil - covers the impact of rural migration on urban area unemployment, demographic traits of...

Discusses the effects of two recent economic crises, 1998-1999 and 2008-2009, on gender and racial inequalities in Brazil. Argues that the effects of these crises on qualitative aspects of employment such as wages and employment status have been unequally felt by women and blacks in Brazilian...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper evaluating a survey of poverty and employment trends in 5 villages in Bihar, India from 1971 to 1981 - discusses population dynamics, occupational status, land tenure, wages, etc.; proposes an economic model for the correlation of income distribution and food...

Reviews the liberalization experience of Bolivia and Chile during the 1990s and argues that the IMF structural reform policy package had serious shortcomings.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the evaluation of population policy and employment policy by means of the bachue series of econometric models - describes the methodology of their use in national planning, input output analysis, income distribution, population dynamics, etc., includes computer...