ILO Working Paper 23

China's move to measuring relative poverty: implications for social protection

01 February 2021

ILO Working paper 24

Online digital labour platforms in China: Working conditions, policy issues and prospects

02 February 2021

This paper summarizes the results of an ILO survey, conducted in 2019, of workers’ characteristics and working conditions on three major digital labour platforms in China.

ILO Working paper 22

Home-based work and homework in Ghana: An exploration

22 January 2021

This research report explores the nature and character of home-based work and the more narrow concept of homework in Ghana.

ILO Working paper 21

Home bounded - Global outreach: Home-based workers in Turkey

18 December 2020

This report focuses on industrial home-based pieceworkers and IT-enabled remote workers, who are commonly referred to in Turkey as “freelancers”.

ILO Working Paper 20

COVID-19, jobs and the future of work in the LDCs: A (disheartening) preliminary account

15 December 2020

This paper provides an overview of the evolution of the COVID-19-induced health and labour market crises in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), drawing on a large set of available data and sources. It highlights how the outbreak is affecting jobs and incomes via multiple channels of transmission. It looks at policy responses so far and provides some suggestions for national employment and economic policies, as well as international support to help LDCs on their path to a job-rich recovery and future resilience.

ILO Working Paper 19

Trends and new developments in employment services to support transitions in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and North Africa Regions

16 December 2020

This paper presents the findings of a survey undertaken in selected countries in the Sub Saharan Africa and Middle East and North Africa regions (SSA and MENA) aimed at reviewing the status of employment service provision, challenges and opportunities for their development.

ILO Working paper 18

More is more. Livelihood interventions and child labor in the agricultural sector

14 December 2020

This paper presents the results of two randomized livelihood intervention programmes aimed to reduce child labor, particularly in its most exploitative forms, in rural areas of Peru and the Philippines. It assess whether livelihood support interventions are effective in reducing child labor in rural areas; and whether combining livelihood support with education interventions and awareness-raising components makes the programmes more effective.

ILO Working Paper 17

Does economic growth deliver jobs? Revisiting Okun’s Law

25 November 2020

This paper revisits the relationship between economic growth and employment creation as expressed in Okun’s law by using the latest updated global ILO dataset for new and more detailed estimates.

ILO Working Paper 16

The Effectiveness of National Social Dialogue Institutions : From Theory to Evidence

26 November 2020

This paper analyses the effectiveness of National Social Dialogue Institutions (NSDIs). The study evaluates how and when NSDIs prove less effective than they should in performing their tasks, how to measure such effectiveness, and how to improve their operational capacity and impact.

ILO Working paper 15

The Transformation of the Mexican Labour Regulation Model and its link to North American Economic Integration

23 November 2020

This paper examines the different phases and changes of the Mexican labour regulation model. It analyses the extent to which trade liberalization was pivotal in the recent labour regulation reforms – particularly in the area of freedom of association and collective bargaining –.