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Meeting report
Policy dialogue between the EU and NEDLAC on Algorithmic management practices in logistics and healthcare sector
This policy dialogue was organized under the project “Building partnerships on the future of work” funded by the European Commission.
Research Paper No.15
The automotive sector in Mexico: The impact of automation and digitalization on employment
This paper discusses the implementation of automation and digitalization processes in two automotive manufacturing plants in Mexico and analyses their effects on employment, including gender dimensions, and labour processes. A qualitative...
Background paper n.14
Old-age labour market transition and poverty in Korea
This study makes use of KLIPS (Korea Labour Income and Panel Study) data from 2001 to 2019 to categorise changes in the labour market status of the elderly in their 50s and 60s in Korea, and compares trends and changes in demographic...
Background paper n.13
Rural women’s transitions in and out of employment in India since COVID-19
This brief discusses the transitions of rural women in and out of employment since the start of the global pandemic in response to changes in the household due to the COVID-19 crisis. We postulate that these household changes, i.e. loss of...
Meeting report
Policy dialogue between the EU and NEDLAC on Digital labour platforms
This policy dialogue was organized under the project “Building partnerships on the future of work” funded by the European Commission.
Background paper n 16
Labour market transitions in South Africa and Indonesia: A descriptive analysis using panel data
Participation and employment in seven developing economies: An age-period-cohort analysis
This paper aims at comparing various characteristics of labour force participation and employment, either formal or informal, for both men and women in several emerging or developing economies of different regions using pseudo panels and the...
Structural Changes in Brazilian Employment (2002-2021)
The paper explores the structural changes in employment in Brazil during the period comprehended between 2002 and 2021, subdivided into three sub-periods: 2002-2014, sustained growth and expansion; 2015-2019, political and economic crises; and...
What has been driving work-to-work transitions in the emerging world? A comparative study of Indonesia and South Africa
Background paper
The Algorithmic Management of work and its implications in different contexts
This paper provides a conceptual framework for the emerging phenomenon of algorithmic management and outlines some of the implications for work, from work organisation to working conditions (job quality).
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...
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...
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
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...
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...
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,...
Brochure
Building Partnerships on the Future of Work
A brochure about the EU-ILO project “Building Partnerships on the Future of Work”.
Moving towards a life course perspective to labour market transitions: approaches and challenges
Fact sheet
The effects of automation in the apparel and automotive sectors and their gender dimensions
Workshop
The ILO, JRC and external experts discuss next steps in the research of automation in the apparel and automotive sectors and their gender...
The first technical meeting under the EU-ILO project “Building Partnerships on the Future of Work” took place on 15 April.