ILO pub. Article on comparison of causes and economic policy implications concerning unemployment in Germany, Federal Republic, France and the Netherlands (trends 1960 to 1979) - examines projections of labour demand and labour supply to 1990, considers effects of wages and social security...

ILO pub. Article on the notion of 'voluntary' unemployment in developed countries and in developing countries - analyses six behavioural characteristics attributed to unemployed workers suspected of indulging in voluntary unemployment (e.g. Excessive wages aspirations, preference for part time...

ILO pub. Article on a comparison of public sector employment creation programmes in several OECD countries - describes types of sponsors and projects, objectives of reducing unemployment, characteristics and duration of participation, impacts on wages and inflation as well as programme...

Describes the data collecting methodology for statistics on employment, unemployment, hours of work and wages used in 68 countries and which are subsequently published by the ILO in the Bulletin of Labour Statistics, and Year Book of Labour Statistics.

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...

Covers trend from 1990 to 1998.

Examines the economic significance of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in Viet Nam and assesses the policy and legal environment for MSEs in seven key areas: specific MSE policies; business laws and regulations; taxation; labour policy; trade; finance, credit and bankruptcy polices; and...