Links with Economic Growth/Crisis

Problems with Temporary and Subcontracted Work in California

The nature of employment is changing. Employees are increasingly seen as liabilities rather than assets, and so workers are kept at arm’s...

Enfrentando a Crise: Recessão Persistente, Inflação Crescente, e a Força de Trabalho Informal

Report available in English here. Relatório disponível em português aqui. Informe disponible en español aquí.  

New Century, Old Disparities: Gender and Ethnic Earnings Gaps in Latin America and the Caribbean

This book is about gender and ethnic differences in labor markets earnings. It revolves around the question: to what extent the gender (ethnic)...

Women and Informality: A Global Picture, the Global Movement SAIS Review

Over the past two decades, employment in the informal sector has risen rapidly in all regions in the world. Until the recent Asian economic...

Labour Markets Policies and Institutions, with a Focus on Inclusion, equal Opportunity and the Informal Economy

National Background Paper- The case of SYRIA

Mainstreaming Informal Employment and Gender in Poverty Reduction: A Handbook for Policymakers and Other Stakeholders

The Global Economic Crisis: Challenges for Developing Asia and ADB’s Response

Rigged Rules and Double Standards: Trade, Globalisation and the Fight Against Poverty

Has globalization gone too far?

Regulating Labor Relations in Global Production Networks: Insights on International Framework Agreements

Abstract: Unions are developing a strategy to bring to bear on the transnational regulation gap with regard to labor relations. One important...