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This report analyses the evolution of real wages around the world, giving a unique picture of wage trends globally and by region. It provides data on the links between wages and productivity, labour income shares, wage inequality, minimum wages and gender pay gaps. Using country-specific data that spans from the early 2000s to the most recently...

This report reviews the current state of knowledge concerning children in hazardous work and presents the case for a new focus on the issue as part of the wider global effort to eliminate the worst forms of child labour.

Provides a global picture of job-related discrimination, citing both progress and failures in the struggle to fight discrimination ranging from traditional forms such as sex, race or religion, to newer forms based on age, sexual orientation, HIV/AIDS status and disability.

The annual Global Employment Trends (GET) report provides the latest global and regional estimates of employment and unemployment, employment by sector, vulnerable employment, labour productivity and working poverty, while also analysing country-level issues and trends in the labour market. Taking into account macroeconomic trends and forecasts,...

El informe de este año es el primero en analizar cómo los mercados de trabajo del mundo se han estado comportando durante la recuperación económica. También presenta proyecciones sobre los niveles de empleo y desempleo a nivel mundial y regional.

Le rapport annuel sur les Tendances mondiales de l’emploi donne les toutes dernières estimations mondiales et régionales de l’emploi et du chômage, de l’emploi par secteur, de l’emploi vulnérable, de la productivité du travail et de la pauvreté au travail, tout en analysant également les...

The report presents the latest global and regional labour market trends for youth and specifically explores how the global economic crisis has exposed the vulnerabilities of young people around the world. In developed economies, the crisis has led to the highest youth unemployment rates on record, while in developing economies – where 90 per...

Brazil, while not immune to the effects of the financial and economic crisis, has fared reasonably well compared to many countries in terms of economic and labour market performance. This report examines the way in which social protection measures were utilized in order to mitigate the social and economic effects of the crisis. It also addresses...

Costuma-se argumentar que as políticas para promover a inclusão social e a equidade afetam o crescimento conômico, o que sugere a inevitabilidade de um trade-off entre os objetivos econômicos e sociais. O caso do Brasil, no entanto, demonstra que não há necessariamente um trade-off, desde que políticas certas...

Despite a dramatic decline in output as a result of the global financial and economic crisis, Germany’s labour market held up well compared with other countries. This was the conclusion reached by the first comprehensive assessment of Germany’s policy to tackle the crisis, issued by the ILO.