Tools and Services on National Employment Policies
2013
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Publication
Work Sharing during the Great Recession: New developments and beyond
18 June 2013
This volume presents the concept and history of work sharing, how it can be used as a strategy for preserving jobs and also its potential for increasing employment − including the complexities and trade-offs involved. Work-sharing programmes used during the Great Recession of 2008−09 are analysed for several European countries and other countries around the world.
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Publication
The Informal Economy and Decent Work: A Policy Resource Guide supporting transitions to formality
15 May 2013
This practical Policy Resource Guide is the first initiative to bring together a synthesis of knowledge, policy innovations and good practices facilitating transition to formality.
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Publication
Towards more inclusive employment policy making: Process and role of stakeholders in Indonesia, Nicaragua, Moldova and Uganda
13 May 2013
Employment Working Paper No. 137
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Publication
Public Sector Shock: The impact of policy retrenchment in Europe
24 April 2013
On the basis of a comparative and comprehensive assessment, illustrated by case studies in education, health and public administration, policy issues are discussed with the aim of finding the right mix of public sector reforms.
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ILO Research paper No. 5
Trade and Employment in a Vertically Specialized World
23 April 2013
This paper decomposes the employment effects of a country’s trade into five components, specifically the labour content (1) in exports, (2) in imports, (3) in the import content of exports, (4) in the export content of imports, and (5) in intermediates contained in imports from a third country using the factor-content and input-output methods.
2012
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Publication
Guidelines for cooperative legislation, third revised edition
11 December 2012
Provides guidance on how to draft a cooperative law.
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ILO Research paper No. 3
Structure Matters: Sectoral drivers of growth and the labour productivity-employment relationship
04 December 2012
The paper uses accounting methods to decompose aggregate labour productivity and employment growth into their sectoral components as well as into within-sector and employment reallocation effects for a sample of 81 countries.
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Studies on Growth with Equity
EuroZone job crisis: trends and policy responses
11 July 2012
The study provides the latest trends on the employment situation in EU countries and examines the labour market reforms adopted by various governments.
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Publication
Upgrading informal apprenticeship - A resource guide for Africa
12 January 2012
A policy learning approach to shift informal apprenticeship back into the focus of national priorities for enhancing skills and youth employability.
2011
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Publication
Local investments for climate change adaptation: Green jobs through green works
01 December 2011
A guide for identifying, designing and implementing interventions in support of climate change adaptation at the local level.