Public and Workplace Services

Measuring informal employment in Mexico

Seminar for the WIEGO Workshop on Informal Employment in Developed Countries, Cambridge, MA, 31 October – 1 November 2008

What explains gender differences in India? What can be done to promote shared prosperity?

Although its economic development has been impressive, recent events have sparked debate about India’s gender inequality. This column argues...

Paid Care Providers in South Africa: Nurses, Domestic Workers, and Home-Based Care Workers

Abuses Against Child Domestic Workers in El Salvador

Contributing to the Fight Against HIV/AIDS within the Informal Economy: The Existing and Potential Role of Decentralized Systems fo Social Protection

Employee and union inputs into occupational health and safety measures in Chinese factories

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Hidden health costs of pesticide use in Zimbabwe’s smallholder cotton growers

Depressive and anxiety symptoms among housemaidsAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine

Background: Housemaid, the most common occupation in the female labor force in Brazil, is known to be targeted by a generalized racial and...

Report of the Working Group on Occupational Safety and Health for the 12th Five Year Plan, 2012-2017

The Impact of Health Insurance Schemes for the Informal Sector in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review

This paper summarizes the literature on the impact of state subsidized or social health insurance schemes that have been offered, mostly...