ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the need for community local level data collecting in surveys of internal migration in developing countries - outlines reasons to use community variables and issues in model formulations, presents comparison of community definitions, and describes types of...

Working paper comprising an evaluation of data collecting techniques relating to labour force participation of women workers in developing countries. Discusses census and survey practices and typical questions asked. Attributes under-reporting of the economic role of rural women to questionnaire...

Highlights the institutional, structural and political factors which account for Italy's high level and distinctive pattern of self- employment in comparison to other industrial countries, including persistent economic dualism, labour market rigidities, a favourable regulatory framework, the...

Presents the various working-time concepts developed at the ILO Bureau of Statistics, with a view to the eventual standardization of measurement. Lists ILO Conventions dealing with working-time issues.

Working paper on the impact of survey questionnaire design, sex of interviewer and sex-proxy status of sample respondent (research method) on reported levels of woman worker labour force participation in developing countries. Comprises a case study of methodological Experiment (Methods Test) in...

Examines the objectives and impact of privatizing public services. Proposes a checklist of issues to be considered when privatization measures are envisaged.

ILO pub-wep pub. Working paper on the need for community local level data collecting in surveys of internal migration in developing countries - outlines reasons to use community variables and issues in model formulations, presents comparison of community definitions, and describes types of...