Publications on Wages

February 2022

  1. ILO Working paper 48

    Technological solutions to guaranteed wage payments of construction workers in China

    15 February 2022

January 2022

  1. Report

    World Employment and Social Outlook: Trends 2022

    17 January 2022

    This ILO flagship report details the effects of the COVID-19 crisis on the world of work.

July 2021

  1. ILO Working paper 37

    Trade and Decent Work: Adequate Earnings in the Mexican Manufacturing Industries

    13 July 2021

    This paper analyses the impact of non-preferential trade liberalization and exposure to globalization on “adequate earnings” in Mexico between 2003 and 2020, using data from the national labour force and manufacturing industries surveys. Trade liberalization and globalization contributed to a reduction in working poverty and low-wage workers.

May 2021

  1. Factsheet

    Global Wage Report 2020-21: Factsheet for the European Union

    21 May 2021

    This factsheet provides key findings for the European Union from the ILO flagship Global Wage Report 2020-21

February 2021

  1. Highlights: November 2020

    Rapid Labour Force Survey On the Impact of COVID-19 in Morocco: First Wave

    28 February 2021

    This report provides a summary of the key findings of the first wave of rapid labour force phone surveys conducted in November 2020 by ILO and ERF, to monitor the impact of COVID-19 on households in Morocco.

  2. Highlights: November 2020

    Rapid Labour Force Survey on the Impact of COVID-19 in Tunisia: First Wave

    28 February 2021

    This report provides a summary of the key findings of the first wave of rapid labour force surveys conducted by ILO and ERF in November 2020, to monitor the impact of COVID-19 on households in Tunisia.

December 2020

  1. Flagship report

    Global Wage Report 2020-21: Wages and minimum wages in the time of COVID-19

    02 December 2020

    This ILO flagship report examines the evolution of real wages around the world, giving a unique picture of wage trends globally and by region. The 2020-21 edition analyses the relationship of minimum wages and inequality, as well as the wage impacts of the COVID-19 crisis.

  2. Executive Summary

    Global Wage Report 2020-21: Wages and minimum wages in the time of COVID-19

    02 December 2020

November 2020

  1. Publication

    Empowering Women at Work. Trade Union Policies and Practices for Gender Equality

    11 November 2020

October 2020

  1. COVID-19

    Quick impact assessment of COVID-19 pandemic on the key economic sectors: Responses, adjustment and resilence of business and workers

    13 October 2020

    With the objective of studying the impacts of Covid-19 pandemic and the responses and the adjustment processes by businesses and workers, the research is mainly based on two surveys of 58 firms and 292 workers in tourism, garment, electronics, seafood-processing and wood-processing industries during the second half of April 2020.