Assesses the gender-differentiated impact of globalization in the past and the recent financial crisis on employment in the modern formal sector. Provides an economic assessment of the possible future of the formal labour market and suggests various policy options required for the adjustment...

Gives an overview of the situation of women in managerial occupations in ASEAN countries, particularly in Malaysia, since the 1980s and identifies strategic approaches and measures for women in attaining management positions.

Based on data from the IX Censo nacional de poblacion y vivienda de 1993 del INEI and the Encuesta nacional de niveles de vida de 1994 (ENNIV) of Cuanto and World Bank, Encuestas de hogares anuales del Ministerio de Trabajo y Promocion Social from 1986 to 1996 (for urban area of Lima), Encuesta...

Covers the period from 1980 to 1997.

Covers trends from 1970 to 1998.

ILO pub. Working paper, case study of the impact of brain drain on the labour market in Uruguay - considers emigration trends, demographic aspects, educational level, occupation and employment status of emigrants; examines concurrent labour force participation and working conditions in Uruguay,...

Based on survey of 1,115 women and on data from national household surveys conducted in 1980, 1985 and 1989.

Examines the structural features and operational characteristics of the two EPZs, as well as their socio-economic consequences for the host country. The data analysed in this respect relate to the period covering the inception of the two EPZs, up to 1996 - Chittagong EPZ (1983 to 1996) and Dhaka...

ILO pub. Working paper on economic implications and labour market impact of multinational enterprises and export processing zones in the Dominican Republic - comments on economic legislation and tax incentives for export oriented industry; examines industrial structures, capital worker ratio and...

Based on two ILO surveys conducted among manufacturing enterprises covering approximately 144,000 workers in Hungary (the Hungarian Labour Flexibility Survey) and 331,000 workers in Bulgaria (The Bulgarian Labour Flexibility Survey).