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 on labour contract issues in rural area labour markets, comprising a case study of Kenya - discusses the theoretical background relating to resource allocation among the rural population, changes in rural factor markets including land ownership and agricultural...

ILO pub-PREALC pub-WEP pub. Working paper, statistical analysis of household consumer expenditure as an indicator of income distribution and standard of living in Ecuador - considers consumption per capita, family size and ages; examines farm size in relation to rural area land ownership; finds...

ILO pub-wep pub. Working paper on a comparison assessing the success of migration policies intended to stem rural migration and stimulate rural employment in South East Asia - outlines low income, unemployment and unequal land ownership causes of migration from the agricultural sector, and...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper examining rural area poverty trends and causes with a view to strategies for rural development in developing countries - discusses origins of poverty relating to unequal distribution of land ownership and public investment, choice of technology, etc., and considers...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper examining interaction between poverty and population dynamics in the Bihar rural area, India - summarizes current mortality, fertility, migration, family size and household characteristics; examines bivariate associations between poverty (land ownership, consumer...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on rural area poverty trends in El Salvador in the 1960s and 1970s - covers agricultural income of peasant farmers in relation to farm size and attributes its decline to underemployment, rural migration, decreased land ownership, land tenure changes, scarcity of...

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.

ILO pub-wep pub. Working paper using a combination of survey data for regression analysis of woman worker labour force participation in sri lanka - examines the extent to which interrelationships between fertility behaviour, land ownership, educational level, marital status, standard of living...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on an integrated approach to the choice of technology, combining traditional and advanced technologys to improve labour productivity in developing countries - finds application for solar energy and biomassin rural areas esp. For agriculture, and for...