Working paper on effects of energy shortages on homemaker activities and income generating activities of rural women in Southern Ghana. Examines the production and supply of fuelwood, the labour force participation of rural women workers in food production and small-scale industry, and the...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on the process of income transfers between and within households in Kenya and between geographically separated units of the extended family - presents an econometrics study of the remittance function and income distribution effects, and contributes to a WEP...

Examines the effects of economic and social development on women's family and non-family roles.

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on basic needs satisfaction and industrialization policy regarding food products in Mexico - analyses food consumption among low income families and income distribution and indicates changes in habits; calculates annual food industry gross domestic product growth...

Contends that child labour policies, programmes and research have been much too simplistic and that a lack of attention to the economics of child labour as well as to its complexity has retarded an effective elimination of its unacceptable forms. Focusses on measurement issues, e.g. exploitation...

Explores trends in the socio-economic climate in Japan during the 1980s and 1990s and examines the implications for work of changing family needs. Considers the impact on the family of working conditions and family support measures and investigates why work-family support programmes are not...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on migration effects for migrant worker families left behind in Lesotho - includes research results of a survey of migrant households, examines living conditions of married women, and considers migration policy implications. References and statistical tables.

Presents the major findings from the national survey into shift work and rostering arrangements conducted in February 2000. Covers trends from 1978 to 1998. Discusses the implications of these trends for working hours, occupational health and safety, family and community life, and industrial...

ILO pub-wep pub. Working paper on the use of both macro and micro economic models of fertility behaviour in the measurement of human reproduction, particularly in developing countries - presents formulas for calculation of average crude birth rate, adjusted period fertility rate and family size...