ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on female labour supply and labour force participation of the woman worker in Jamaica - constitutes part of a WEP research project on population and employment. References and statistical tables.

Working paper introducing an econometric model to test the labour economics of child labour in Indian rural areas. Analyses impact of wage rates, land ownership, labour supply, employment opportunities, parental employment (esp. women workers and married women) and children labour force...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper analysing woman worker labour force participation trends in Peru based on a world fertility survey - examines female wages employment, unpaid work, occupational structure, labour supply determinants such as population variables (incl. Family structure, marital...

ILO pub. Working paper on trends in immigration and internal migration of black migrant workers in South Africa R, from 1973 to 1983 - discusses reduced economic role of foreign workers and factors influencing labour demand and labour supply; reviews the implications of Apartheid for migration...

Working paper on the working conditions of rural women workers, especially young workers, in the export oriented microelectronics electronics industry in South East Asia. Highlights occupational disease hazards associated with production processes, the need for a cheap labour supply, and the...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper-conference paper using an ibge-ilo simulation model to forecast the effects of labour force participation by woman workers on economic and social development in Brazil - studies factors relating to occupational status, educational level and underemployment by sex,...

Based on 1980 data for 151 countries, analyses labour force participation rates of older people and the factors which influence their labour supply.

Presents the findings of a survey of 2344 persons, carried out in April and May 1992.

Criticizes the standard international definition of unemployment as being too restrictive to measure accurately unemployment in labour- surplus economies. Using Indonesia as a basis, proposes a definition which is based on trends in real wages which aims to reflect the real extent of labour...