Technical Reports on Labour Migration

  1. The migrant pay gap: Understanding wage differences between migrants and nationals
  2. Skills mismatch of natives and immigrants in Europe
  3. Migrant Workers in Commercial Agriculture
  4. International Migrant Workers in the Mining Sector
  5. Migrant Work & Employment in the Construction Sector

Publications on labour migration

November 2008

  1. Meeting document

    Discussion Paper: Gender Dimensions of Globalization

    14 November 2008

    A discussion paper presented at the meeting on “Globalisation – Decent Work and Gender”, September 4, 2008, a side-event to the Oslo Conference on Decent Work – A key to Social Justice for a Fair Globalisation

June 2004

  1. Publication

    A fair deal for migrant workers in the global economy

    01 June 2004

    This was the ILO report for the General Discussion on Migrant Workers at the 92nd Session of the International Labour Conference, June 2004. It is a flagship report reviewing trends in international labour migration, conditions and treatment of migrant workers, international instruments, governance of migration and ILO responses.

February 2004

  1. Publication

    The Cross-Border Movement of People

    29 February 2004

    This article examines the theme of migration from the perspective of the report of the World Commission of Social dimension of Globalisation. The movement of natural persons across national borders has been increasingly recognized as a source for the greatest potential economic gains for developing countries.