Financing Universal Social Protection: The Relevance and Labour Market Impacts of Social Security Contributions
This paper brings together existing evidence on the impact of social security contributions on labour markets, insights from public finance...
Read MoreDefending Waste Pickers’ Livelihoods: Lessons from Litigation in Latin America
Waste pickers have won several legal actions in Latin America over the past two decades. This edition looks at the lessons learned.
Read MoreDid Mexico’s Seguro Popular Universal Health Coverage Programme Really Reduce Formal Jobs?
This Working Paper uses the roll-out of Mexico’s Seguro Popular across municipalities to quantitatively assess its impact on private sector...
Read MoreEngendering informality statistics: gaps and opportunities: Working paper to support revision of the standards for statistics on informality
Informality is a dynamic and multidimensional concern that demands gender-sensitive data. In 2018, globally, more than 60% of employment...
Read MoreDomestic Workers During the COVID-19 Crisis: Pathways of Impact, Recovery and Resilience in Six Cities
Key Findings
Domestic workers’ ability to work and earn an income were negatively impacted throughout the pandemic and particularly at the...
Read MoreWaste Pickers During the COVID-19 Crisis: Pathways of Impact and Recovery in Five Cities
Key Findings
A year after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, market shifts had exacerbated waste pickers’ structural disadvantages, and...
Read MoreInformal Workers in Peru: A Statistical Profile, 2015–2021
This brief examines data on employment in Peru from 2015, 2019, 2020 and 2021, and analyzes the changes in employment brought by the COVID-19...
Read MoreSeguridade social para as trabalhadoras domésticas na América Latina – Resumo executivo
Este trabalho considera 15 países da América Latina: Argentina, Bolívia, Brasil, Chile, Colômbia, Costa Rica, República Dominicana, Equador,...
Read MoreSocial Security for Domestic Workers in Latin America – Executive Summary
This report analyzes 15 Latin American countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador,...
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