This report is the final output of a research project investigating the effects of automation on employment in the automotive, apparel and footwear industries in five countries, namely Germany, Indonesia, Mexico, Romania, and Spain. The main objective of this project has been to improve our...

This paper investigates whether the stylized fact relating globalization with the “feminization” of labor still holds, or if the de-feminization of manufacturing employment in developing countries has set in.

The paper uses panel data for up to ten Latin America countries for the period 1990-2000 to analyse whether informal employment functions as a cyclic buffer for formal employment as well as whether women's employment functions as a cyclic buffer for men's employment. The paper also evaluates...

Estimates the effects of the 2008-09 trade contraction on employment and incomes in India and South Africa, using social accounting matrices (SAMs) in a Leontief multiplier model. Employment results are presented at aggregate and industry levels and examine gender and skills biases. Income...

Uses a bilateral trade gravity model to evaluate the effects of freedom of association and collective bargaining (FACB) rights on exports. Finds robust relationships between stronger FACB rights and higher total manufacturing exports.

Provides a method of constructing an indicator of violations of freedom of association and collective bargaining rights, as defined in ILO Conventions. Compares the method with other indicators related to trade union rights constructed by the OECD and the Freedom House organization. Argues that...