Modeling the spatial aspect of growth has finally become an important subject of economics as exemplified by the increasing popularity of the new economic geography. However, new economic geography models have still not been able to develop a consistent approach to integrate innovation, space...

The economics literature clearly shows that the transmission of knowledge diminishes with physical distance, a factor contributing to industrial clustering. This paper investigates how those distances have stretched over time. We measure the physical distance between collaborating inventors, as...

Focuses on the risks and dangers in small-scale and artisanal fisheries, based on the experiences of selected developed and developing countries. Reviews working conditions, typical accidents associated with the marine environment, navigation and fishing operations, problems associated with boat...

Covers trends in the 1980s and 1990s. Includes case studies of social and labour policies in eight companies.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the impact of microelectronics on employment in offices and service sectors, USA 1975-1985, with projections to 2000 - studies trends in technological change, management attitudes and employees attitudes; examines employment forecasts for 1960 to 1980 incl....

Focuses on the period from the 1970s.

ILO pub. Article on employment of disabled workers - presents a definition of disability, identifies criteria for suitable employment (meaningful income, productive occupational status, normal human relations and continuous pattern of responsibility and discipline), examines unemployment,...