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 economic theory of human capital investment - uses catastrophe theory (mathematical analysis) to generate a model on effects of income distribution and educational policy change on political behaviour in developing countries, and concludes that there exists...

ILO pub. Article on international experience with minimum wage fixing and its role in wage determination - covers the use of minimum wage to protect vulnerable groups of low income workers, to determine ' fair' wages, to set a basic floor to the wage structure, and as an instrument of...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the interaction between population growth, income distribution and poverty, and its impact on economic development - presents an economic model for comparison of economic growth, public investment, literacy rates, and other variables affecting low income groups....

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper using a simple economic model to determine the effects of population growth and economic growth on rural areas- urban areas income distribution in Latin America - constitutes part of a WEP research project on population and employment. Graphs and references.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on energy economics and the macroeconomic implications of increased petroleum price trends in Colombia from 1973-1982 - examines the impact of higher oil prices on the balance of trade, balance of payments, economic growth, the labour market, inflation and income...

Working paper comparing economic and industrial growth in four newly industrializing countries, Brazil, Korea R, Mexico and Singapore, 1960-1980 - discusses industrialization policy, trade policy, public investment and credit policy; considers the role of entrepreneurs, public enterprises,...

Focuses on the relationship between the overall growth of the economy and the growth of food production. Discusses the impact of relative food and agricultural prices on rural-urban wage differentials.