This paper examines working conditions and standards in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), focusing on the key challenges faced by workers and the initiatives undertaken to improve their situation. Drawing from academic sources and international organization reports, this analysis seeks to...

Our aim in this paper is dedicated to study the relations of recruiting among the employee and the employer in a frame characterized by the insecurity conditions of job and large scale of unemployment. The recruiting relationship that we will study is atypical as far as the offered salary is not...

How do Growth affects labor market’s work? This question is important, because, labor market plays a key role in determining the success of poverty reduction policies. Using the times series data, we have been able to confirm the prediction of theory which present a positive effect of growth...

BASED ON A SERIES OF SURVEYS ON THE LIVING AND MIGRATION CONDITIONS OF CHILDREN, THIS STUDY HIGHLIGHTS THE MAGNITUDE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF CHILD LABOUR IN BURKINA FASO, CÔTE D'IVOIRE AND MALI. FOUR (04) MAJOR LESSONS WERE LEARNT : (I) THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF CHILDREN WORKING IN VIOLATION...

The role of the minimum wage as « standard indicator » of public employment policies made a lot of controversy in the literature. The last few years, the issue renewed interest in the distributions offset angle, widening inequality gap and the emergence of insecurity in the workplace....

Wussten Sie, dass Sie als EU-Bürger das Recht haben, in einem anderen EU-Land zu wohnen, zu arbeiten und zu studieren? Und wussten Sie auch, dass Jahr für Jahr Tausende von diesen Rechten Gebrauch machen? Sie zählen zu den grundlegenden Rechten, die Sie als Unionsbürger genießen. Mit dieser...

The labour market's ability to adjust to the current demographic shock is a central concern for labour market policies. An aging population could affect the economy's ability to adjust, not only to the aging population shock itself, but also to those associated with the business cycle,...

Economists have paid very little attention to the role of working conditions in sickness absence. Yet, bad working conditions are a potential determinant of labour supply, either directly or through their impact on health. This study tries to shed some light on this issue. To begin with, we...