Publications
Just released
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Global Employment Trends for Youth 2012
22 May 2012
The study examines the continuing job crisis affecting young people in many parts of the world. It provides updated statistics on global and regional youth unemployment rates and presents ILO policy recommendations to curb the current trends.
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International Standard Classification of Occupations 2008 (ISCO-08): Structure, group definitions and correspondence tables
10 May 2012
This volume presents the structure and definitions of all groups in the International Standard Classification of Occupations 2008 (ISCO-08) and their correspondence with ISCO-88.
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World of Work Report 2012 "Better Jobs for a Better Economy"
26 April 2012
The new study examines the performance of different countries since the start of the global crisis through the prism of the quantity and quality of jobs.
Forthcoming
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Effective Protection for Domestic Workers: A guide to designing labour laws
23 May 2012
This guide is a practical tool for those involved in national legislative processes and in the design of labour laws, including government officials and representatives of workers’ and employers’ organizations.
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Domestic Workers Across the World: Global and regional statistics and the extent of legal protection
01 June 2012
This publication sheds light on the magnitude of domestic work, a sector often “invisible” behind the doors of private households and unprotected by national legislation.
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Confronting Finance: Mobilizing the 99% for economic and social progress
15 June 2012
"The Global Labour Column has become a valuable source of analysis of current economic trends that affect working people all over the world. This anthology brings together critical pieces on many issues (fiscal strategies, finance policies, social protection, strategies for job creation and much more), encompassing different regions and various perspectives." -Jayati Ghosh, Professor of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Flagship reports
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World of Work Report 2012: Better Jobs for a Better Economy
May 2012Published annually by the International Institute for Labour Studies - the research arm of the ILO - the report presents a timely, in-depth discussion of work issues in a non-technical manner, based on new data and economic analysis and with full technical annexes.
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Global Employment Trends 2012
January 2012The annual Global Employment Trends (GET) reports provide the latest global and regional estimates of employment and unemployment, employment by sector, vulnerable employment, labour productivity and working poverty, while also analysing country-level issues and trends in the labour market.
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Social Protection Floor for a Fair and Inclusive Globalization
October 2011Report of the Social Protection Floor Advisory Group chaired by Michelle Bachelet. In many ways the power of the social protection floor lies in its simplicity. The floor is based on the idea that everyone should enjoy at least basic income security sufficient to live ...
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Global Wage Report 2010/11: Wage policies in times of crisis
December 2010The second in a series of ILO reports focusing on wage developments, this volume reviews the global and regional wage trends during the years of the economic and financial crisis of 2008 and 2009.
Key resources
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Key indicators of the labour market (KILM)
October 2011
Seventh edition (includes CD-ROM)This valuable wide-ranging reference tool meets the ever-increasing demand for timely, accurate and accessible information on the rapidly changing world of work. The KILM offers the general user with instant and uncomplicated access to data and analysis on the world's labour markets.
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Regulating for Decent Work
June 2011
New directions in labour market regulationFirst in the series Advances in Labour Studies, this book is an international and interdisciplinary response to the neoliberal ideologies that have shaped labour market regulation in recent decades. It draws on contributions by leading experts across a range of disciplines, including economics, law, political science and industrial relations.
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Labordoc contains references to a wide range of print and electronic publications, including journal articles, from countries around the world, on all aspects of work and sustainable livelihoods, and the work-related aspects of economic and social developments and human rights. Labordoc provides an ever increasing number of links to online publications available on the internet.
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