Working papers

2012

1. 

   Good practices and challenges on the Maternity Protection Convention, 2000 (No. 183) and the Workers with Family Responsibilities Convention, 1981 (No. 156): A comparative study

   05 November 2012

   The working paper presents ten national case studies on Conventions No. 183 and 156. It identifies opportunities for stepping up ratification and implementation of these Conventions, as requested in the 2009 International Labour Conference Resolution concerning gender equality at the heart of decent work. An annex contains an annotated bibliography of 150 relevant publications, making this a complete reference tool for policy-makers and practitioners.

2. Wage-led growth: Concept, theories and policies, Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 41

   05 November 2012

   This paper argues that the polarization of income distribution and the decline in the wage share play an important role in the generation of unbalanced and fragile growth. The authors examine the possibility of an alternative path, a wage-led growth strategy, which is likely to generate a much more stable growth regime for the future.

3. Is aggregate demand wage-led or profit-led? National and global effects, Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 40

   30 October 2012

   This paper estimates the effects of a change in the wage share on growth in the G20 countries using a post-Keynesian/post-Kaleckian model, analyses the interactions among different economies, and calculates the global multiplier effects of a simultaneous decline in the wage share.

4. Financialisation and the requirements and potentials for wage-led recovery - a review focusing on the G20, Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 37

   23 October 2012

5. Employment Protection and Collective Bargaining: Beyond the deregulation agenda

   19 October 2012

   Employment Working Paper No. 133

6. Trade and employment in services: The case of Indonesia

   18 October 2012

   Employment Working Paper No. 132

7. Cities with Jobs: Confronting the Employment Challenge; Policy paper

   01 October 2012

   Employment Working Paper No. 130

8. Cities with Jobs: Confronting the Employment Challenge; Promoting employment in Marikina and Quezon city, Philippines

   01 October 2012

   Employment Working Paper No. 129

9. Cities with Jobs: Confronting the Employment Challenge; Sao Paulo – Brazil – The case of Osasco

   01 October 2012

   Employment Working Paper No. 128

10. Cities with Jobs: Confronting the Employment Challenge; An examination of approaches to employment in two South African case study cities

    01 October 2012

    Employment Working Paper No. 127