Discusses which countries have low and which have high Gini coefficients as well as relationships with the incomes of the poor and the rich.

Traite des problèmes conceptuels et méthodologiques ainsi que des implications politiques de la composante "embauche des travailleurs" des indicateurs Doing Business de la Banque Mondiale. Commence avec une revue critique des indicateurs "embauche des travailleurs" et de leur implication...

Proposes a methodology for measuring national poverty lines.

Criticizes the standard international definition of unemployment as being too restrictive to measure accurately unemployment in labour- surplus economies. Using Indonesia as a basis, proposes a definition which is based on trends in real wages which aims to reflect the real extent of labour...

Introduces the notion of employment elasticity and describes statistical methods for its estimation. Based on annual labour force surveys and censuses, estimates the employment elasticity of major sectors in Indonesia between 1977 and 1996. Makes recommendations based on a comparison of the...

Identifies four indicators for understanding and measuring social dialogue institutions: associational structure, wage setting arrangements, participation in public policy, and firm-level representation.

Basado en una investigación realizada entre 2000 y 2001 en varios países latinoamericanos, describe la metodología utilizada para analizar los costos laborales asociados a la contratación, y en especial los referidos a la protección de la maternidad y el cuidado infantil.