Theme: Links with Economic Growth/Crisis

Pandemic: Informal workers urgently need income replacement — and more protections

Social distancing and staying home are real possibilities for middle-class office workers covered by social security. They are much less...

Pandémie : les travailleuse·eur·s de l’informel ont besoin d’un remplacement du revenu de toute urgence et de plus de protections

« Aplatir la courbe » est devenu un mantra de la pandémie COVID-19, mais les appels à l’auto-isolement et à la distanciation sociale...

Pandemia: las personas trabajadoras en la economía informal necesitan con urgencia una sustitución de ingresos y más protecciones

“Aplanar la curva” se ha convertido en el mantra de la pandemia del COVID-19, pero los pedidos de autoaislamiento y de distanciamiento social...

Impact of the Global Recession on Members of SEWA in India

In early 2009, the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) of India, one of the partners in the Inclusive Cities project, conducted a study...

Hierarchies of Earnings and Poverty

Diagrams reveal a hierarchy of earnings and poverty risk across various segments of the labour force. Average earnings are lower and the...

Occupational Structure and Incidence of Poverty in Indian Towns of Different Sizes

Whose Wealth Is It Anyway? Mozambique’s Outstanding Economic Growth with Worsening Rural Poverty

Despite rapid economic growth and massive inflows of aid, rural poverty in Mozambique is worsening. Agricultural production and productivity have...

Regulating Labor Relations in Global Production Networks: Insights on International Framework Agreements

Abstract: Unions are developing a strategy to bring to bear on the transnational regulation gap with regard to labor relations. One important...

Varieties of Capitalism and Employment Relations: Informally Dominated Market Economies

The varieties of capitalism and employment relations literature have largely focused on formally regulated market economies, with a general neglect...

The Impact of International Outsourcing on Unionization and Wages: Evidence from the Apparel Export Sector in Central America

This article interrogates the common industrial relations assumption that increased manufacturing jobs will create increased unionization...