All publications: employment + employment policy + employment security + unemployment

Report V

Responding to the crisis and fostering inclusive and sustainable development with a new generation of comprehensive employment policies -...

Guidance

Environmental and social safeguards guidelines

The ILO’s Employment Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP) links public investments with employment creation, poverty reduction and local economic and social development. The need to protect people and the environment, requires implementers to limit...

Global Report

Technology adoption in public employment services: Catching up with the future

The combined effects of the global pandemic and the general trend of digitalization are pushing public employment services to accelerate their use of innovation to develop and deliver simpler, faster and better services for clients.

Background paper

Global value chain analysis of the automotive and garment sectors: A study of Germany, Spain, Romania, Indonesia and Mexico for 2000-2014

Since the end of the last century, there has been an increasing trend of production fragmentation. Although all manufacturing sectors have become globalised to some degree, the case of automotive and garment sectors stand out. This report analyses...

ILO Working paper 57

(Un)Employment and skills formation in Chile: An exploration of the effects of training in labour market transitions

This paper analyses the effects of training on labour market transitions in Chile, using individual-level panel data. It finds that training reduces post-training unemployment, but also shows that the equalizing effects of the training policies are...

ILO Working paper 56

The current state of research on the two-way linkages between productivity and well-being

The objective of this report is to survey the current state of research on the two-way linkages between productivity and well-being in the context of these developments The report discusses measurement issues related to both productivity and...

Background paper

Solo self-employment and lack of paid employment: an occupational perspective across EU countries

This study provides some novel evidence on the relationship between solo self-employment and paid employment opportunities across 28 European countries and 8 occupations for the period 2012-19. The adoption of a cross-country cross-occupation...

Background paper

Technological Progress and the Dynamics of Self-Employment: Worker-level Evidence for Europe

The paper explores how exposure to a certain type of technology in one’s occupation affects the probability of moving in and out of solo self-employment, and how this effect differs across worker groups. To answer these questions, the authors match...

Background paper

Using pseudo-panels to analyse labour market transitions

This study describes and discusses methods that can be used to analyse labour market dynamics in the absence of true panel data. The so-called pseudo-panel models are particularly useful to investigate how the working conditions of different...

ILO Working paper 50

Crowdwork for young people: Risks and opportunities

This report examines the risks and opportunities of crowdwork for young people, exploring their experiences on digital labour platforms. It considers working conditions, income, skills development and employment prospects, and discusses how...

Measuring labour market transitions using a life-course perspective in selected developed and developing countries – an inventory of...

This report aims to provide interested researchers and relevant stakeholders with an overview of available methods and data sets to analyse labour market transitions in a life course perspective. Based on the description and evaluation of 32...

PROSPECTS in Uganda - at a glance

This country factsheet provides an overview of the key interventions and results of PROSPECT programme implementation in Uganda

Guidelines

Guidelines on the setting-up of effective job centres in developing countries with reference to Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and...

These Guidelines on how to establish job centres (employment service centres) were developed in response to calls from ILO constituents and the YouMatch Project partner countries in sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East and North Africa regions.

Labour Overview series for Latin America and the Caribbean 2021

2021 Labour Overview, Latin America and the Caribbean - Executive Summary

The 2021 Employment Outlook describes a mixed bag scenario for employment and suggests that pre-pandemic levels will be reached by 2023 or even 2024.

ILO Brief

Employment in Myanmar in 2021: A rapid assessment

A rapid assessment report by the International Labour Organization (ILO) highlights the fragile state of the Myanmar labour market, where the February 2021 military takeover has compounded the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Employment impact assessments in Africa: Application and suitability of local multiplier analysis

The state of the apparel and footwear industry: Employment, automation and their gender dimensions

This paper highlights the importance of the apparel and footwear sector for women’s employment and the gendered nature of the industry; summarizes the literature on the effects of industrial automation and digitization on employment in the industry,...

National Employment Policy for Botswana

Publication

ILO Brief

Employment prospects in Afghanistan: A rapid impact assessment

A rapid assessment by the International Labour Organization highlights huge losses in jobs and working hours since the change in administration with women workers especially hard hit.

Executive Summary

World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2022

This ILO flagship report details the effects of the COVID-19 crisis on the world of work.