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In memory of Ela Ramesh Bhatt — The gentle revolutionary
Ela Ramesh Bhatt, the founder of the Self-Employed Women’s Association ( SEWA ) of India, passed away on 2 November 2022...
Informality Labour unions Labour movementBook Chapter
Does union membership pay off?: Evidence from Vietnamese SMEsFrom the book: Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises in Vietnam
Labour unions Wages Small and medium enterprisesWorking Paper
Does union membership pay off?: Evidence from Vietnamese SMEsIn the absence of adequate institutional mechanisms, trade unions can potentially promote higher wages and other worker benefits, yet limited data availability means little is known about the effect unions have on individual earnings in developing ec...
Labour unions Wages Small and medium enterprisesWorking Paper
Social and political capital in rural VietnamThis paper exploits five waves of the Vietnam Access to Resources Household Survey (VARHS) to investigate issues of social and political capital in rural Vietnam...
Economic development Families Household surveyBook Chapter
Trade Unions in South AfricaFrom the book: Oxford Handbook of Africa and Economics, Vol. 2. As an upper middle-income country within Africa, South Africa often attracts specific interest in terms of its economic growth and development dynamics...
Industrial relations Labour market Labour unionsWorking Paper
Trade Unions in an Emerging Economy: The Case of South AfricaThis paper provides a historical overview of the South African trade union movement, followed by a brief discussion of the labour market legislation and institutions formed since 1994...
Industrial relations Labour market Labour unionsBook Chapter
What Can Latin America Learn from China's Labour Market Reforms?From the book: Falling Inequality in Latin America
Labour market Labour policy Labour unionsBook Chapter
The Finnish Developmental State and its Growth RegimeFrom the book: Development Success
Economic development Economic policy Income distributionBlog
Learning How to Promote Social Protection from Cambodia’s Garment Workers
Alisa DiCaprio Innovations in social protection systems design have moved forward quickly on the supply-side over the past decade...
Employee rights Human rights Labour lawBlog
From the Editor's Desk (December 2011)
Tony Addison With the end of the year fast approaching, we bring you the last Angle of 2011. Here in Helsinki, the shortest day of the year is nearly upon us when we will have six hours of daylight...
Finance Climate change Right of propertyResearch Brief
Learning How to Promote Social Protection from Cambodia’s Garment WorkersInnovations in social protection systems design have moved forward quickly on the supply-side over the past decade. But the same degree of creativity has not been applied to the equally critical demand-side constraints to social protection...
Labour unions Social movement Social securityWorking Paper
The Demand Side of Social Protection: Lessons from Cambodia’s Labour Rights ExperienceIn fragile states, social protection programmes are often a kaleidoscope of projects financed and implemented by a variety of donors, government agencies and NGOs...
Labour unions Social movement Social securityBlog
What Can Developing Countries Learn From Finland’s Industrial Transformation?Markus Jäntti and Juhana Vartiainen Finland is an example of a late but successful state-led industrialization that was carried out rapidly...
Economic development Economic policy Income distributionWorking Paper
The Finnish Developmental State and its Growth RegimeThis paper reviews Finland’s growth strategy in the postwar decades. Finland was able to initiate an impressive mobilization of resources during this period, reflected mostly in a high rate of capital accumulation for manufacturing industries...
Credit Economic development Economic growthWorking Paper
Growth and Equity in FinlandThis paper reviews Finnish economic history during the 'long' twentieth century with a special emphasis on policies for equity and growth...
Economic development Economic policy Education