Employment Analysis and Research (EMP/ANALYSIS): Publications

February 2010 

• Unravelling the impact of the global financial crisis on the South African labour market - [pdf 304 KB]
  17 February 2010 - Employment Working Paper No. 48 (Working paper)

December 2009 

• The global recession and developing countries - [pdf 388 KB]
  23 December 2009 - Employment Working Paper No. 40 (Working paper)

November 2009 

• Offshoring and employment in the developing world: Business process outsourcing in the Philippines - [pdf 314 KB]
  20 November 2009 - Employment Working Paper No. 41 (Working paper)

October 2009 

• A survey of the Great Depression as recorded in the International Labour Review, 1931-1939 - [pdf 329 KB]
  15 October 2009 - Employment Working Paper No. 42 (Working paper)

September 2009 

• The well-being of labour in contemporary Indian economy : what’s active labour market policy got to do with it? - [pdf 480 KB]
  04 September 2009 - Employment Working Paper No. 39 (Working paper)

August 2009 

• Labour market policies in times of crisis - [pdf 699 KB]
  30 August 2009 - Employment Working Paper No. 35 (Working paper)

May 2008 

• Is Asia adopting flexicurity? : A survey of employment policies in six countries - [pdf 626 KB]
  01 May 2008 - Economic and Labour Market Paper 2008/4 (Working paper)
• The global employment challenge
  01 May 2008 - This volume offers an in-depth analysis of the state of employment in the world today, providing a detailed and comprehensive picture of the serious challenges faced by today's policy-makers... (Book)

April 2008 

• Active labour market policies around the world. Coping with the consequences of globalization. (Second edition)
  30 April 2008 - This revised and updated edition provides an authoritative account of how active labour market policies (ALMPs) can help make globalization work better in the interest of workers around the world. (Book)

January 2008 

• Labour market regulation and economic performance : a critical review of arguments and some plausible lessons for India - [pdf 520 KB]
  01 January 2008 - Economic and Labour Market Paper 2008/1 (Working paper)

October 2007 

• Security in labour markets : combining flexibility with security for decent work - [pdf 107 KB]
  01 October 2007 - Economic and Labour Market Paper 2007/12 (Working paper)

September 2007 

• Offshoring and the labour market : what are the issues? - [pdf 713 KB]
  01 September 2007 - Economic and Labour Market Paper 2007/11 (Working paper)

August 2007 

• Recent dynamics in Brazil’s labour market - [pdf 352 KB]
  01 August 2007 - Economic and Labour Market Paper 2007/10 (Working paper)
• The employer of last resort programme : could it work for developing countries? - [pdf 366 KB]
  01 August 2007 - Economic and Labour Market Paper 2007/5 (Working paper)

May 2007 

• The Doing Business indicators : measurement issues and political implications - [pdf 215 KB]
  01 May 2007 - Economic and Labour Market Paper 2007/6 (Working paper)

April 2007 

• Why labour market regulation may pay off : worker motivation, co-ordination and productivity growth - [pdf 292 KB]
  01 April 2007 - Economic and Labour Market Paper 2007/4 (Working paper)

March 2007 

• In search of optimal labour market institutions - [pdf 193 KB]
  01 March 2007 - Economic and Labour Market Paper 2007/3 (Working paper)

February 2007 

• Central banks, inflation targeting and employment creation - [pdf 334 KB]
  01 February 2007 - Economic and Labour Market Paper 2007/2 (Working paper)

January 2007 

• Flexicurity: A relevant approach in Central and Eastern Europe
  25 January 2007 - This book argues, with case studies contributed by outstanding national experts, that the flexicurity approach is the most relevant for Central and Eastern European countries and suggests appropriate reforms of economic policy, institutional framework of the labour market, labour market policy and education and social policies in this region. (Book)

June 2006 

• Meeting the employment challenge: Argentina, Brazil and Mexico in the global economy
  13 June 2006 (Book)