Books and reports
December 2020
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Flagship report
Global Wage Report 2020-21: Wages and minimum wages in the time of COVID-19
02 December 2020
This ILO flagship report examines the evolution of real wages around the world, giving a unique picture of wage trends globally and by region. The 2020-21 edition analyses the relationship of minimum wages and inequality, as well as the wage impacts of the COVID-19 crisis.
November 2018
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Flagship report
Global Wage Report 2018/19: What lies behind gender pay gaps
26 November 2018
This report examines the evolution of real wages around the world, giving a unique picture of wage trends globally and by region.
October 2018
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Report
Decent work in Portugal 2008–18: From crisis to recovery
12 October 2018
This report reviews the country’s economic and labour market situation since 2008 and examines future prospects.
December 2016
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Flagship Report
Global Wage Report 2016/17: Wage inequality in the workplace
15 December 2016
This report analyses the evolution of real wages around the world, giving a unique picture of wage trends globally and by region.
December 2014
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Report
Global Wage Report 2014/15
05 December 2014
This report analyses the evolution of real wages around the world, giving a unique picture of wage trends and relative purchasing power globally and by region.
January 2014
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Publication
Creative Labour Regulation: Indeterminacy and protection in an uncertain world
29 January 2014
Creative labour regulation is an interdisciplinary response to the central contemporary challenges to effective labour regulation. Drawing on contributions by leading experts from the Regulating for Decent Work Network, it offers new ideas for research and policy.
October 2013
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Guidelines
Equal Pay - An introductory guide
04 October 2013
Ensuring that the work done by women and men is valued fairly and ending pay discrimination is essential to achieving gender equality. However, pay inequality continues to persist and gender pay gaps in some instances have stagnated or even increased.
December 2012
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Publication
Global Wage Report 2012/13: Wages and Equitable Growth
07 December 2012
The Global Wage Report 2012/13 looks at differences in wages around the globe and how they have been influenced by the economic crisis. It includes global and regional wage trends and statistics, as well as policy recommendations.
February 2010
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Publication
The minimum wage revisited in the enlarged EU
22 February 2010
This book assesses the renewed interest in the minimum wage in Europe, looking at the main explanatory factors alongside EU enlargement and the advent of globalization. Through 15 country studies and thematic case studies, it explores the national issues surrounding the minimum wage and identifies concrete effects of minimum wage fixing on employment, low pay, wage disparity, collective bargaining and migration. The volume concludes with policy options and raises the possibility of a minimum wage - or at least some common rules - at EU level.
August 2009
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Publication
Forced labor: Coercion and exploitation in the private economy
26 August 2009
PRAISE FOR FORCED LABOR "Excellent. . . . This state-of-the-art volume provides a first-rate analysis of the dynamics leading to the occurrence of forced labour, its global distribution,and different types of policy responses." -Jens Lerche, SOAS, University of London. Two centuries after the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, at least 12.3 million people are subjected to modern forms of forced labor - in rich countries, as well as poor ones. The authors of Forced Labor present state-of-the-art research on the manifestations of these slavery-like practices, why they continue to survive, and how they can be eliminated.