Papers and Briefs
2021
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ILO brief
Who moves and who stays? Labour market transitions under automation and health-related restrictions
22 November 2021
The world of work is changing. New technologies, demographic shifts and climate change are reshaping workplaces, jobs, organizations and enterprises. Labour market transitions during which people change their jobs or occupations, their work content, or simply their roles in an organization are likely to become more disruptive in the future (ILO, 2019).
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ILO brief
COVID-19, vaccinations and consumer demand: How jobs are affected through global supply chains
22 June 2021
COVID-19 led to a severe decline in global consumer demand that has only recovered partially in most countries so far. This brief assesses the number of jobs in global supply chains that are experiencing a negative impact due to the decline on consumer demand for manufacturing products worldwide.
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ILO brief
Implications of the COVID-19 crisis for enterprises’ human resource management policies and practices
19 May 2021
The COVID-19 crisis has increased the importance of human and social capital for enterprise success. The competitiveness and viability — even survival — of an enterprise increasingly depend on its ability to make its employees motivated, skilled and committed. This can only be achieved in a workplace environment characterized by a spirit of social dialogue, mutual trust and respect, non-discrimination, and the absence of violence and harassment. This brief illustrates how enterprises have coped with the COVID-19 pandemic by adjusting their people management approaches, policies and practices.
2019
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ILO What Works Research Brief No. 15
Combating Extreme Poverty by Providing Active Support as Part of a Conditional Cash Transfer Schemes
16 October 2019
Integrating active labour market policies (ALMPs) into poverty alleviation programmes can foster employment opportunities while protecting individuals’ incomes from the consequences of a severe recession. Recent research on Uruguay’s response to the economic crisis of 2002 demonstrates that allowing the beneficiaries of cash transfer schemes to voluntary participate in public works increases their chances of finding jobs afterwards, and at the same time counteracts any indirect negative effect that income support may have on labour market outcomes.
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ILO What Works Research Brief No. 14
Expanding Access To Unemployment Benefits And Active Support To Cover Informal Workers
16 October 2019
Combining income support with active labour market policies (ALMPs) is a viable strategy for helping unemployed people while they look for work. However, access to such programmes in developing and emerging countries (where they exist) tends to be restricted to formal sector workers. New evidence from the Mauritian unemployment benefit scheme demonstrates the value of expanding access to cover informal workers as well.
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ILO What Works Research Brief No. 13
Meeting The Challenges of a Changing World Of Work by Combining Income Support and Active Labour Market Policies
16 October 2019
Integrated approaches that combine income support and active labour market policies (ALMPs) can foster opportunities for accessing decent work while protecting people throughout their working-life transitions. Such approaches can take various forms and they are starting to be used more frequently in emerging and developing economies. In addition to sustainably reducing poverty and promoting development, they lead to greater social cohesion.
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ILO What Works Research Brief No. 12
Promoting Pathways to Decent Work
16 October 2019
New evidence is available on the merits of combining income support with active labour market policies (ALMPs) to protect people during joblessness and promote pathways to decent work. Such a combination, or integrated approach, prevents people from being forced by necessity to accept any new job that comes their way, regardless of its quality, while at the same time equipping them with the necessary skills to aspire to better jobs and helping them to find new employment opportunities.
2018
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ILO What Works Research Brief No. 11
Labour market integration of immigrants
13 September 2018
2017
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ILO What Works Research Brief No. 10
Economic impacts of reducing the gender gap
29 September 2017
Closing the gender gap in participation by 25 per cent by 2025 could increase global GDP by US$5.3 trillion
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ILO What Works Research Brief No. 9
Implementation of international labour standards for domestic workers
30 August 2017
Since the adoption of Convention No. 189, over 70 ILO member States have acted to ensure decent working conditions for domestic workers.