What can further market integration contribute to growth and employment? A series of hypothetical trade reform scenarios explores what countries at different levels of development can expect to gain from reforming tariffs, non-tariff barriers, trade facilitation and domestic support to...

Recent years have witnessed growing concern over the controversial issue of trade and labour standards. In a context of intensified international competition, alleged cases of child labour exploitation or of denial of rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining in some developing...

Over the past ten years economic growth in Asia has contributed to a reduction of poverty as well as fertility rates, and greater prosperity has contributed to gains in life expectancy. However, at present many workers still work in informal employment, frequently for long hours at little pay...

The dataset contains the indicator for temporary employment that measures the strictness of regulation on the use of fixed-term and temporary work agency contracts. The OECD indicators of employment protection are synthetic indicators of the strictness of regulation on dismissals and the use of...

The dataset contains the indicator of strictness of regulation of individual dismissal of employees on regular/indefinite contracts. The OECD indicators of employment protection are synthetic indicators of the strictness of regulation on dismissals and the use of temporary contracts. For each...

The dataset contains the indicator for temporary employment that measures the strictness of regulation on the use of fixed-term and temporary work agency contracts. The OECD indicators of employment protection are synthetic indicators of the strictness of regulation on dismissals and the use of...