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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 …

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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...

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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...

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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 …

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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 …

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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...

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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.

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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.

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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 …

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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 …

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