Publications on labour migration

December 2018

  1. Research Department Working Paper n°40

    What drives old age work in China?

    24 December 2018

    The aim of this paper is to contribute to an understanding of the decisions of the near old and older Chinese to work, and how work characteristics vary across genders, localities, and within overall income and security situations as ageing advances.

August 2016

  1. Publication

    Measures to Increase Employment of Nationals in Expatriate Dominated Occupations and promote decent work among all workers

    31 August 2016

    The high dependence on foreign labour makes employment and migration two interdependent issues requiring a coordinated strategy. On the one hand, nearly half of the employed are foreigners , and not only they play a predominant role in low skilled occupations, but are numerous also among professionals and technicians. On the other hand, despite the buoyant economic growth that allowed the Maldives to reach the status of a middle-income country in 2011 , the labour market has been increasingly characterised by unemployment and discouragement.

June 2011

  1. Publication

    Employment diagnostic analysis: Bosnia and Herzegovina

    23 June 2011

    Employment Working Paper No. 86