Reviews Chinese labour market developments during the 1980s and 1990s and proposes policy directions to help accelerate the creation of new jobs.

Covers trend from 1990 to 1998.

Examines changes in the level and structure of employment and wages during economic reforms in India, focusing on the 1980s and 1990s. Relates the changes to trends in productivity.

Covers the period from 1988 to 1993.

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.

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...