Public and Workplace Services

Labour Market Vulnerability in Urban China-The Indian Journal of Labour Economics

This paper tries to measure the vulnerability in urban labour markets by introducing a new form, wherein job security and social security...

The Political Economy of Social Policy and Social Security in Sub-Saharan Africa

Promoting Workplace Health and Safety in Urban Public Space: Reflections from Durban, South Africa

This special issue on urban livelihoods was developed in collaboration with WIEGO.

Violence and Informal Work – Briefing Note

this briefing note highlights the causes and impact of violence  that  informal  workers  experience  in  trying  to  secure  their  livelihoods....

Protección social del trabajo doméstico Tendencias y estadísticas Departamento

OIT Documentos de política de protección social. Documento 16

Decent work, decent life for domestic workers ITUC

Political reservations and women’s entrepreneurship in India

Numerous countries have implemented seat reservations for women in politics over the past decades. Starting in the early 1990s, India’s flagship...

Crowding in Care, Security and Micro-enterprise Formation: Revisiting the Role of the State in Poverty Reduction, and in Development

The Implications of Migration for Gender and Care Regimes in the South

Labour Migration and Households: A Reconsideration of the Effects of the Social Pension on Labour Supply in South Africa