Covers the period from the 1980s to 1990.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the relationship between commercial farming and growth of a seasonal worker labour market in the agricultural sector in Mexico - briefly discusses trends (1950-1980) in urbanization, agricultural policy, agricultural production, agricultural employment, farm...

Comprises seven case studies taken from a larger project on rural labour markets and employment policies. Examines how rural labour markets function and the complex factors that condition their outcomes.

We document the evolution of labor markets of five Latin American countries during the COVID-19 pandemic, with emphasis on informal employment. We show, for most countries, a slump in aggregate employment, mirrored by a fall in labor participation, and a decline in the informality rate. The...