Publications on Wages

June 2011

  1. Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 28

    What do we know about low-wage work and low-wage workers? Analysing the definitions, patterns, causes and consequences in international perspective

    09 June 2011

May 2011

  1. Domestic Work Policy Brief no. 4

    Global and regional estimates on domestic workers

    27 May 2011

    This document is part of a series of briefs on issues and approaches to promoting decent work for domestic workers.

  2. Publication

    Working Paper No. 103 - Rural wage employment in Rwanda and Ethiopia: A review of the current policy neglect and a framework to begin addressing it

    26 May 2011

  3. Domestic Work Policy Brief no. 1

    Remuneration in domestic work

    19 May 2011

    This document is part of a series of briefs on issues and approaches to promoting decent work for domestic workers.

January 2011

  1. Publication

    Economic growth, employment and poverty reduction: A comparative analysis of Chile and Mexico

    21 January 2011

    Employment Working Paper No. 78

December 2010

  1. Publication

    Executive summary of the Global Wage Report 2010/11: Wage Policies in times of crisis

    15 December 2010

  2. Publication

    Global Wage Report 2010/11: Wage policies in times of crisis

    15 December 2010

    The second in a series of ILO reports focusing on wage developments, this volume reviews the global and regional wage trends during the years of the economic and financial crisis of 2008 and 2009.

  3. Publication

    African Briefing: Global Wage Report 2010/11

    15 December 2010

June 2010

  1. Conditions of Work and Employment Series No. 26

    Extending the coverage of minimum wages in India: Simulations from household data

    01 June 2010

    This paper simulates the impact of extending the coverage of minimum wages on poverty, inequality and gender pay gap in India. The analysis shows that if all wage-earners were covered by minimum wages at the existing levels, then a large proportion of low-paid wage earners could be directly affected.

March 2010

  1. Publication

    Women in labour markets: Measuring progress and identifying challenges

    05 March 2010

    This report uses labour market indicators to measure progress or lack of progress towards the goal of gender equality in the world of work and identify where and why blockages to labour market equity continue to exist.