This paper examines the gap between what nurses need and what actually gets built, through a three-month ethnographic study at Mirae Hospital (MH) in Seoul, South Korea, combining interviews, ward observations, and participatory design workshops with hospital staff and union nurses. Our findings...

This article examines how generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) could affect labor markets globally, with particular attention to the uneven distribution of risks and opportunities between advanced and developing economies. Cross-country differences in occupational structure suggest that...

This paper examines the relationship between labour market concentration and wage inequality using global survey data for the period 2006-2022. The results show that higher labour market concentration is associated with higher wage inequality, especially in the top half of the wage distribution....

Foreign direct investment and the activities of multinational enterprises play an essential role in shaping employment outcomes, particularly in developing and emerging economies. With globalization and the expansion of global value chains, understanding how FDI influences labour markets has...

Drawing on data from the Georgian Labour Force Survey (2021-2022), this paper provides a detailed statistical profile of informal employment in Georgia and discusses its key drivers. Around four workers out of ten were informally employed in Georgia in 2022. The large majority (69 per cent) of...

Nursing professionals are critical to healthcare system functioning but face demanding working conditions characterized by high physical and emotional strain, severe staff shortages, and elevated rates of sickness absence. Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly discussed as a...

Bangladesh is currently navigating a complex economic transition marked by high inflation, declining foreign exchange reserves, vulnerabilities in the financial sector and the impending graduation from Least Developed Country status in 2026. The labour market also faces persistent and...

This paper examines the evolution of labour earnings distribution across 25 countries, comparing two reference years: 1995 and 2023. The study seeks to understand how labour earnings distribution has shifted over time in each country, highlighting changing patterns of inequality. The data are...

This paper explores how the evolving platform economy is reshaping the economic landscape across Asia and the Pacific, and how countries in this diverse region are navigating emerging opportunities and challenges. It situates platform work within the broader context of the region's economic...

This study presents high-resolution (0.005) gridded labor market data, generated by downscaling district-level census data for Ghana using random forest algorithms and remote sensing. It addresses the lack of spatially disaggregated labor market data by mapping 17 employment categories -...