Employment Analysis and Research (EMP/ANALYSIS) resources

  1. Addressing the employment challenge: India's MGNREGA

    08 March 2012

    This paper examines, in particular, the effects of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) programme on employment, wages and incomes of the rural poor. It also considers its effect on overall growth of the economy.

  2. Diverging trends in unemployment in the United States and Europe: Evidence from Okun's law and the global financial crisis

    21 December 2011

    This paper presents estimates of Okun’s coefficients for a number of developed countries, and shows that there is considerable variation across countries, which captures the heterogeneity in the responsiveness of unemployment to the global financial crisis. The paper also looks at the relationship between these coefficients and labour market institutions.

  3. Employment trends in Indonesia over 1996-2009: Casualization of the labour market during an era of crises, reforms and recovery

    27 October 2011

    Employment Working Paper No. 99

  4. What has really happened to poverty and inequality during the growth process in developing countries?

    27 September 2011

    Employment Working Paper No. 96

  5. Summer School on Labour Economics for Development

    ITCILO training course - A904062

  6. On the income dimension of employment in developing countries

    04 February 2011

    Employment Working Paper No. 72

  7. What role for labour market policies and institutions in development? Enhancing security in developing countries and emerging economies

    17 December 2010

    Employment Working Paper No. 67

  8. MSc - Master of Science Applied Labour Economics for Development

    ITCILO training course

  9. Unravelling the impact of the global financial crisis on the South African labour market

    17 February 2010

    Employment Working Paper No. 48

  10. The global recession and developing countries

    23 December 2009

    Employment Working Paper No. 40