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Changing patterns of rural women's employment, production and reproduction in China.
E, Croll - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1983
Working paper on trends in rural women's labour force participation and fertility patterns in China. Examines rural … development policy based on the responsibility of the individual, household or work brigade for agricultural production. Covers … women workers in agricultural employment and rural industry, household income, living conditions, marriage, family planning …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010965885
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The construction sector in the People's Republic of China : policy analysis on sectoral development and employment challenges
Xiaoying, Qian; Hui, Zhao - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2004
Outlines the development of the construction sector in the period 1980-2001, e.g. the employment in collective-owned vs. state-owned enterprises, the influx of rural workers, role of labour contractors, and the impact of using pre-fabricated concrete and interior fittings such as doors, flooring...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010681392
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Offshoring and the internationalization of employment : a challenge for a fair globalization
Auer, Peter; Besse, Geneviève; Méda, Dominique - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2006
The paper presented three related issues. A first objective was to shed light on some of the facts of the employment impacts of trade and investments abroad, including highly controversial themes as off-shoring of the production of goods and services. A second objective was to debate the options...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010681395
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The construction industry in China: its image, employment prospects and skill requirements subtitle
Lu, You-Jie; Fox, P. W - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2001
Documents recent changes in the organization and regulation of the construction sector in China. Analyses the impact of … the acquisition of skills. Conclude that in China (as elsewhere in the world today) construction employment is going …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010662738
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The political economy of pension reforms in times of global crisis : state unilateralism or social dialogue?
Sarfati, Hedva; Ghellab, Youcef - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2012
Analyses the process of pension reform and the role of social dialogue in ten countries, namely: China, France, Greece …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010965677
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The health of workers in selected sectors of the urban economy : challenges and perspectives
Comaru, Francisco; Werna, Edmundo - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2013
Aims at analysing and systematizing the health challenges faced by the poorest strata of urban workers and to discuss solutions. Uses interviews carried out with ILO and WHO staff members from different departments and programmes, completed with interviews with professionals from other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010965766
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The price of exclusion : the economic consequences of excluding people with disabilities from the world of work
Buckup, Sebastian - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2009
Using data from a selection of ten countries in Asia and Africa, estimates the macro-economic costs of excluding people with disabilities from the world of work.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010965818
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Productivity, employment and industrial relations in coal mines: three case studies from China, India and Zimbabwe.
NS, Jennings - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1995
Covers the period from 1988 to 1993.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010965939
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Prospects for future outward migration flows : China and Southeast Asia
Ducanes, Geoffrey; Abella, Manolo I - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2009
Focuses on factors that are likely to influence outward migration flow from China and the Southeast Asian region …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010965944
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Employment policy implementation mechanisms : a synthesis based on country studies
Islam, Rizwanul - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2014
project: Argentina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, Brazil, China, Republic of Korea, South Africa and the European …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010965994