Working papers

2001

1. Bonded labour in Pakistan

   01 June 2001

   This paper, based upon interviews with Government and non-governmental sources in Pakistan, as well as a survey of several thousand sharecropping tenant families in rural Sindh, was written as background material for the first ILO Global Report under the Declaration Follow-Up on the subject of Forced Labour.

2. Economic characteristics in a population census

   01 June 2001

   The objective of this Working Paper is to discuss in detail what questions to ask on each of the nine economic topics included in the revised UN Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses.

3. Coding occupation and industry in a population census

   01 June 2001

   This working paper covers issues which must be addressed when questions related to ‘occupation’ and ‘industry’ are to be included in a population census.

4. The size of working poor population in developing countries

   01 January 2001

   The aim of this paper, written by Nomaan Majid is to estimate the population of those persons in the labour market in developing countries who are poor and who work.

5. Civil Society, NGOs, and Decent Work Policies: Sorting out the Issues

   01 January 2001

   Discussion papers by Lucio Baccaro

2000

1. The Economics of Safety, Health, and Well-Being at Work: An Overview

   01 May 2000

   Occupational injury and illness are matters of health, but they are also matters of economics, since they stem from work, and work is an economic activity. The purpose of this paper will be to indicate the most important contributions economic analysis has made to our understanding and management of OSH, and to suggest directions for future work in this area.

2. Poverty and Structural Adjustment: some remarks on tradeoffs between Equity and Growth

   01 January 2000

   The paper tackles the 1980s adjustment and the liberalization process in the 90s and their impact on inequality. It reviews the literature on the effects of stabilization and adjustment policies on poverty.

1999

1. International definitions and prospects of Underemployment Statistics

   01 November 1999

2. Incorporating gender issues in labour statistics

   01 February 1999

   Gender issues relate to the differences and similarities that exist between men and women in relation to their contributions, their conditions of work and life, and their needs, constraints and opportunities. In labour statistics, these aspects need to be reflected in definitions, measurement methods and presentation of results in order to improve the description of the labour market and provide a solid basis for promoting equality between men and women in the world of work.

3. Statistics on public sector employment: Methodology, structures and trends

   01 January 1999