Reviews the impact of recession and structural adjustment in developing countries and the impact of recession in OECD countries, on women workers' employment between 1980 and 1993.

This paper provides evidence that from 1985 to 2005, two thirds of OECD countries have seen an increase in earnings inequality. In nearly half of these countries, the widening was driven by an increase in inequality at both the top and the bottom of the distribution. In the other half, rising...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on problems, trends and policies with regard to emigration of migrant workers from developing countries to OECD countries (incl. Return migration) - constitutes part of a WEP research project on migration for employment. References and statistical tables.

ILO pub-WEP pub-PREALC pub. Working paper, econometric model of household income per individual, based on a case study of Ecuador - considers income distribution in relation to family size, and number of income earners; examines an income redistribution scheme including tax reform and family...