Technical Brief No. 1: Labour Shares - [pdf 488 KB] - This brief examines the decline in labour shares over the past few decades. Several studies provide evidence that many aspects of globalization, in particular financial openness and financial crises, have contributed to this decline.
The social and decent work dimensions of a new Agreement on Climate Change: A Technical Brief - [pdf 235 KB] - The brief contains summaries of the state of knowledge about climate change, the mechanisms and the effects and of the repercussions for the world of work. It introduces salient features of the present international climate regime such as the UN convention and the Kyoto Protocol and of the current negotiations to arrive at a new global agreement in Copenhagen in December 2009.