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December 2020
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International Volunteers Day
Volunteering reached new heights in March and April 2020
05 December 2020
In normal times, a billion people volunteer their time and energy each year, providing unpaid help to others. Has the COVID-19 pandemic led to even more volunteering worldwide?
October 2020
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World Statistics Day
Connect the world with data we can trust
20 October 2020
The COVID-19 crisis underlines the importance of having data we can trust, says ILO Director-General Guy Ryder in a statement to mark World Statistics Day.
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World Statistics Day
Building better gender data for the future
20 October 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare not only inequalities in the world of work, including between women and men, but it has also further emphasised the gender data gaps that hamper our understanding of the depth, nature and evolution of those inequalities.
August 2020
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COVID-19 and higher education
Education pays off, but you have to be patient
24 August 2020
The pandemic is making us rethink and re-organize education. Workers with higher educational attainment may expect to be able to find a job (and a quality job, for that matter) as soon as they become available. But is that so?
January 2019
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International Labour Review, Vol. 157 (2018), No. 4
Gendered costs of austerity: The effects of welfare regime and government policies on employment across the OECD, 2000–13
01 January 2019
This article proposes a thorough analysis of the gendered impact of government policies applied during the Great Recession on unemployment across 28 OECD countries following an empirical estimation using random effects modelling with data from 2000 to 2013 to test the influence of welfare systems. Results point to a significant effect of welfare regime even beyond the crisis, primarily through social expenditure levels and public sector employment dynamics, which mainly affect women. The detailed policy analysis highlights the need to look for alternatives to austerity policies, and the authors conclude with some suggestions in that regard.
October 2018
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20th International Conference of Labour Statisticians
“Making the invisible visible”
09 October 2018
The 20th ILO International Conference of Labour Statisticians opened in Geneva on 10 October 2018. An interview with Rafael Diez de Medina, Director of ILO Statistics, about some of the key issues on the agenda.
May 2016
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World Employment and Social Outlook – Trends 2016
Decent work key to ending poverty
18 May 2016
To help close the poverty gap, quality jobs along with social protection must play a central role. ILO economists Steven Tobin and Veda Narasimhan discuss this year’s ILO World Employment and Social Outlook report “Transforming jobs to end poverty".
January 2016
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World Employment and Social Outlook – Trends 2016
WESO 2016: Our World Today
20 January 2016
The weak growth of 2015, coupled with slowdowns in major economies, spells trouble for the world of work in over the next few years. ILO researchers Veronica Escudero and Sameer Khatiwada lay out the challenges world economies will face by 2017. (Closed Captions available)
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World Employment and Social Outlook – Trends 2016
WESO 2016: Our World Tomorrow
20 January 2016
The world of work faces significant challenges in the coming decade, with technological shifts, population aging and struggling economies changing the way we work. ILO researchers Sameer Khatiwada and Veronica Escudero lay out the future trends of 2016 and beyond. (Closed Captions available)
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World Employment and Social Outlook – Trends 2016
Global unemployment projected to rise in both 2016 and 2017
19 January 2016
Despite falling unemployment levels in some developed economies, new ILO analysis - World Employment and Social Outlook (WESO) - shows the global job crisis is not likely to end, especially in emerging economies.