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 on ways to compensate the home countries of migrant workers for loss of labour force and brain drain - discusses the situation in Arab country, and constitutes part of a WEP research project on migration for employment. References and statistical tables.

Addressing a gap in most discussions on globalization, Stalker examines how migration interacts with movement of goods and capital and how it is closely tied to social and economic changes. He makes starkly clear the major impact that economic convergence is likely to have on migrant flows and...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the impact of international migration on employment in Saudi Arabia and Libyan Arab Jamahiriya - examines the reliance on migrant worker labour supply to meet labour demand resulting from petroleum industry expansion, and considers internal development of human...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on a case study of the impact of international migration movements on the labour market in Egypt and Sudan - includes general information on economic conditions, human capital, population, employment and labour demand, examines the effects of emigration and...

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 to what extent, and in which way external shocks and the need for a different development pattern has affected economic growth in for Eastern European countries.

Develops and illustrates the conceptual and empirical knowledge on growth, employment and investment in Moldova, emphasizing the empirical relationships between these variables and discussing some policy implications, with particular regard to employment growth. Covers mainly the period from...