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December 2012

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   Global Wage Report 2012/13

   Gender pay gap drops, but not for the right reasons

   19 December 2012

   An ILO report says women’s pay has become closer to that of men in most countries but warns that in some cases this may just mean that men are worse off now than before the crisis.

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   Global Wage Report 2012/2013

   Is it the end of a low-wage production model in China?

   14 December 2012

   China’s long-held position as a country of cheap goods based on low-wage labour looks set to change, with wages rising sharply across the board, according to the latest ILO Global Wage Report.

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   Global Wage Report 2012/13

   Wage growth slows globally despite increases in emerging countries

   07 December 2012

   New ILO figures show a continuing slowdown in global wages in developed countries and some resilience in emerging economies.

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   Global Wage Report 2012/13

   Workers getting a smaller slice of the pie

   07 December 2012

   Workers have been getting a smaller share of national income, as a bigger slice has gone to profits in most countries. This trend has wide-ranging economic and social implications.

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   Global Wage Report 2012/13

   Minimum wages key to cutting working poverty, says ILO

   07 December 2012

   Minimum wages reduce working poverty and protect vulnerable workers. Their levels reflect both the needs of workers and the prevailing economic conditions and level of national income.

December 2010

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   Video interview

   Global Wage Report 2010/2011: An Interview with the ILO's Manuela Tomei

   15 December 2010

   With the launch of the ILO's Global Wage Report 2010/2011, ILO TV interviews Manuela Tomei, Director of the ILO Conditions of Work and Employment Programme (TRAVAIL). Based on an analysis of wages in 115 countries, the report says the financial and economic crisis cut global wage growth by half in 2008 and 2009. The increasing discrepancy between low-wage and high-wage earners has had a deleterious effect on consumption worldwide. The interview highlights how several national recovery schemes and measures have worked to buffer wage stagnation and avoid lay offs, thus hastening a sustainable economic recovery.

November 2008

1. Article

   Executive summary:World of Work Report 2008

   17 November 2008

   Income inequalities have been growing significantly within countries over the past two decades or so. This new report from the International Institute for Labour Studies presents a timely assessment of this issue, based on new data and economic analysis and with full technical annexes. It looks at the extent of this phenomenon and ...

October 2008

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   Video

   Press Conference on Income Inequalities Report

   16 October 2008

   Raymond Torres, Director of the International Institute for Labour Studies at the ILO, meets the press to discuss the new study "World of Work Report 2008: Income inequalities in the age of financial globalization".

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   World Day for Decent Work

   Income inequalities: An interview with Raymond Torres, Director of the ILO's International Institute for Labour Studies

   15 October 2008

   Despite strong economic growth that has produced millions of new jobs since the early 1990s, income inequality grew dramatically in most regions of the world and is expected to increase due to the current global financial crisis, according to a new study "World of Work Report 2008: Income inequalities in the age of financial globalization" published by the research arm of the International Labour Organization (ILO).

August 2008

1. Article

   Executive summary:Globalization, Flexibilization and Working Conditions in Asia and the Pacific

   10 August 2008