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  1. International Labour Review

    Global multidisciplinary journal of employment and social issues

  2. International Journal of Labour Research

    Recent research on labour and social policies from trade union researchers and academics around the world

  3. International Social Security Review

    International journal on social security/social protection issues

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Global Research Agenda

The purpose of the ILO Global Research Agenda is to identify policy approaches that help improve employment and social outcomes, support recovery from the global financial crisis and boost sustainable economic growth.

It covers four main topics:
  • employment and the quality of jobs
  • returns on investment in social security
  • inequality, instability and employment
  • international labour standards and socially inclusive globalisation.

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  1. Global Report

    World of Work Report 2013

    The study analyses the global employment situation five years after the start of the global financial crisis. It looks at labour market performance and projections both at the global and regional levels.

  1. Global Report

    Global Employment Trends for Youth 2013

    In its report on the “Global Employment Trends for Youth 2013”, the ILO 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.

  2. Global report

    Global Employment Trends 2013: Recovering from a second jobs dip

    Five years after the outbreak of the global financial crisis, the Global Employment Trends 2013 offers the latest global and regional information and projections on several indicators of the labour market, including employment, unemployment, working poverty and vulnerable employment. It also presents policy considerations in light of the new challenges facing policy makers in the coming year.

  3. Global Wage Report 2012-13

    Wages and Equitable Growth

    The Global Wage Report 2012/13 looks at differences in wages around the globe and how they have been influenced by the economic crisis. It includes global and regional wage trends and statistics, as well as policy recommendations.

  4. Research paper

    Employment and Economic Class in the Developing World

    This paper introduces a model for generating national estimates and projections of the distribution of the employed across five economic classes for 142 developing countries over the period 1991 to 2017.

  5. Publication

    EuroZone job crisis: trends and policy responses

    The study provides the latest trends on the employment situation in EU countries and examines the labour market reforms adopted by various governments.

  6. Publication

    ILO Global Estimate of Forced Labour 2012: Results and Methodology

    The purpose of the present document is to describe in detail the revised methodology used to generate the 2012 ILO global estimate of forced labour, covering the period from 2002 to 2011, and the main results obtained.

Databases

  1. LABORSTA

    Database of labour statistics

  2. LABORDOC

    Your access to literature on the world of work

  1. International Institute for Labour Studies

    Research arm of the ILO and a centre for advanced studies in the social and labour fields.

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