Working paper on labour utilization and labour productivity levels in defence industry in the USA and other OECD countries. Discusses occupational mix, labour force participation, and obstacles in data collecting and in the measurement of productivity in this sector and considers Western...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on export-led economic growth and employment in Korea R, 1945 to 1982 - covers economic planning, foreign investment, the labour market, labour productivity, trade unions, the industrial sector (especially the textile industry and the electronics industry) and...

Examines the impact on labour markets in advanced countries of the integration of the two fast-growing countries, China and India, with the liberalized global economy.

This paper presents a rationale for analysing employment by taking the sectoral structure of an economy into consideration. It provides an overview of ways of measuring employment intensity and discusses the relationship between employment intensity and labour productivity. It uses the South...

Traces the restructuring of the National Railways from the first rationalization programmes of the 1960s to the privatization of the first independent railway company in 1993. Focusing on employment and industrial relations, shows how the railway workforce was gradually scaled down and how trade...

ILO pub. Article constituting the sequel to an earlier review (Internat. Labour Rev. 113(1), 1976, 1-15) on trends in workers participation at enterprise level - focuses on collective bargaining, the revival of works councils, role of trade unions, effects on labour productivity and industrial...

Examines whether labour productivity and industrial competitiveness are affected by legislation on dismissals, atypical contracts of employment and unemployment benefits.