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International Labour Review

@ilr-rit.bsky.social

Peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary and international journal in labour and employment studies, aiming to advance academic research on the world of work.

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Open Library of Humanities@openlibhums.org · 3mo ago

New in in the International Labour Review / @ilr-rit.bsky.social: "Occupational credentials and migrants’ return aspirations: Evidence from foreign elderly-care workers in Japan" by Nobuyuki Nakamura and Aya Suzuki:

Occupational credentials and migrants’ return aspirations: Evidence from foreign elderly-care workers in Japan

While temporary migrants, especially in labour-intensive industries, are expected to contribute to economic growth and the labour market in their host and home countries, the motives for their return to their home countries are ambiguous. In this study, we investigate the effects of occupational credentials, as proof of skills, on migrant behaviour – specifically, whether those held in migrants’ home and host countries influence their return aspirations – using primary data on foreign elderly-care workers in Japan. We find that migrant workers who hold occupational credentials in their home countries tend to expect to return to their home countries much sooner than those who do not. Our findings suggest that the occupational credentials issued in each country play a crucial role in migrant workers’ return.

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Open Library of Humanities@openlibhums.org · 4mo ago

New in in the International Labour Review / @ilr-rit.bsky.social: "Measurement and mirage: The informal sector revisited" by Max Gallien: doi.org/10.16995/ilr... Also available in French, in Revue internationale du Travail 165 (2), and Spanish, in Revista Internacional del Trabajo 145 (2).

Measurement and mirage: The informal sector revisited

Recent years have seen rapidly expanding scholarship and policy advice on the causes and consequences of informality, relying on the increasing availability of comparative measurements of informal sectors. This has created an impression of a consensus around a clearly conceptualized and quantified object of study – that when we talk about the informal sector, we know what we are talking about. In this article I argue that this impression is largely a mirage. I suggest that underneath increasingly accepted measurements, and actively masked by them, there remain both a fundamental conceptual confusion and substantial diversity in understandings of what the informal sector is. Questions of definition have been moved “downstream” into the specifications of statistical models and measurements, resulting in a lack of transparency and the emergence of feedback loops between common conceptions and methodological assumptions. This has led a large part of the current literature on informal sectors to generate potentially spurious insights that feed into substantive development policy discussions around taxation, registration and social protection. I review the causes and consequences of these issues, drawing on two measurement methods, recent policy reports and new survey data from Ghana, and suggests ways forward.

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International Labour Review@ilr-rit.bsky.social · 4mo ago

👏 Congratulations, Max! In his new article with the ILR, Max revisits how we define and measure the informal sector, and the implications for research and policy. 🔔 Out now and #OA via @openlibhums.org with an early view from our Issue 2 for 2026 @ids.ac.uk

Max Gallien@maxgallien.bsky.social · 4mo ago

New article: why a lot of #informality research has been broken by poor measurements and inappropriate modelling - and what we can do about it. Completely open access in @ilr-rit.bsky.social: en.ilr-rit.org/article/pubi...

International Labour Review@ilr-rit.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🎉 Félicitations à Mathis et Mathilde Using 🇫🇷 labour force survey, Mathis & Mathilde complicate the idea of “good green jobs” as job quality varies, especially by skill level. We’ve published this research as #OA from @clerseumr8019.bsky.social @univlille.bsky.social in Issue 1 for 2026. Read ⤵️

Mathis Bachelot@mathisbachelot.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The final (and improved) version of our article, co-authored with Mathilde Guergoat-Larivière and entitled "Assessing the quality of green jobs: An empirical analysis of French data", is now published open access in the @ilr-rit.bsky.social: doi.org/10.16995/ilr.... Hope you’ll find useful insights!

Abstract. Our article analyses the quality of green jobs in France, applying a definition of green jobs that has emerged in recent years to the French labour force survey – a large, representative dataset. Using regression and classification techniques, we find that green jobs are associated with lower job quality than non-green jobs, particularly for low-skilled workers, who tend to experience lower wages and reduced socio-economic security. In contrast, high-skilled workers tend to enjoy either better or not significantly different job quality relative to their non-green counterparts. Our analysis also highlights the heterogeneity of green jobs, which can be grouped into four distinct clusters with varying levels of job quality, challenging the narrative of uniformly “good green jobs”.
International Labour Review@ilr-rit.bsky.social · 7mo ago

🎉 Big congratulations to @wzwysen.bsky.social on this new paper in our Issue 1 for 2026! Using 🇪🇺-wide data, authors find migrants are ~20% more likely to do platform work, especially in delivery & ride-hailing, reflecting labour market vulnerability, not preference. Early view now in English ⤵️

Wouter Zwysen@wzwysen.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Happy to share new paper @ilr-rit.bsky.social on migrants in platform work. Using cross-national European data Agnieszka Piasna and I show that migrants are over-represented in ride-hailing and delivery, but not so much elsewhere. This is due to worse outside options. en.ilr-rit.org/article/pubi...

International Labour Review@ilr-rit.bsky.social · 7mo ago

👩‍👧‍👦🌍 How do care crises shape labour outcomes...❓ New ILR research, published #OA with @openlibhums.org, examines gendered employment effects of COVID-19 among informal workers in rural Viet Nam Now available in English, French & Spanish ⤵️

Open Library of Humanities@openlibhums.org · 7mo ago

Latest from the International Labour Review / @ilr-rit.bsky.social: “The COVID-19 pandemic and the intertwined care crisis: Evidence of gendered employment effects on informal workers in rural Viet Nam” by Minh Tam Thi BUI et al.:

International Labour Review@ilr-rit.bsky.social · 7mo ago

What protects jobs during downturns? Who is covered in the platform economy? How should labour law respond to AI? These questions are at the heart of our latest issue, featuring new evidence from OECD countries, China, Viet Nam, and Europe. 📖 Read Volume 164, Issue 4 👉 ilo.org/ilr 🧵 (1/8)

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International Labour Review@ilr-rit.bsky.social · 8mo ago

📖 How did wage-employment institutions help France navigate the COVID-19 crisis? Jean-Pascal Higelé reviews "Face au Covid, l’enjeu du salariat" (ed. Claude Didry) in our finale issue for 2025. 🌍 Read now in English, French & Spanish via @openlibhums.org

Open Library of Humanities@openlibhums.org · 8mo ago

Published (in French) in @ilr-rit.bsky.social / Revue internationale du Travail > Jean-Pascal Higelé reviews "Face au Covid, l’enjeu du salariat", edited by Claude Didry: doi.org/10.16995/ilr...

Work and Equalities Institute@workequalities.bsky.social · 12mo ago

📢New article! WEI members Eva Herman, Jill Rubery, Isabel Tavora and Alejandro Castillo along with colleague Abbie Winton (University of Leeds) have published a new article in the International Labour Review! Have a read of the article here 👉 en.ilr-rit.org/article/pubi...

Bargaining on the front line: What role did collective bargaining play in protecting/advancing the interests of front-line workers during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Drawing on 12 case studies across 10 countries of how trade unions and collective bargaining institutions supported front-line workers in healthcare, social care and food retail, this article finds th...

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International Labour Review@ilr-rit.bsky.social · 9mo ago

‼️ A timely contribution from colleagues at @workequalities.bsky.social in our Issue 3 for 2025: A powerful analysis of how collective bargaining supported front line workers through the challenges of #COVID19. An essential read for scholars working on labour institutions and worker voice 🏢📣

Work and Equalities Institute@workequalities.bsky.social · 9mo ago

📘New article in International Labour Review @ilo.org Jill Rubery, Isabel Távora, Eva Herman, Abbie Winton & Alejandro Castillo write about the role of collective bargaining for key workers during #COVID19 bit.ly/4oGhAbn @alliancembs.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk @universityofleeds.bsky.social

Open Library of Humanities@openlibhums.org · 9mo ago

New publication in the @ilr-rit.bsky.social / International Labour Review: An incomplete double movement: Spain’s legislative strategy for platform courier reclassification by Tiago Vieira: doi.org/10.16995/ilr...

An incomplete <em>double movement</em>: Spain’s legislative strategy for platform courier reclassification

Digital labour platforms, which have long operated outside conventional employment frameworks, are now facing a regulatory drive. Spain seems to be at the forefront of this international effort, notab...

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Tiago Vieira@t-vieira.bsky.social · 9mo ago

I explore how Spain’s efforts to bring platform couriers into standard employment relations have affected their working and living conditions (#LeyRider but not only), and how workers’ representatives and public authorities have (not) been able to leverage the new right to #algorithmic transparency.

International Labour Review@ilr-rit.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Felicidades, Tiago! 🎉 Forthcoming in our final issue of 2025, this study conducted @eui-eu.bsky.social, helps understand 🇪🇸's efforts to re-embed platform couriers within standard employment relationships. 🌟 Supporting early-career scholarship remains central to our mission. 📚 Read: bit.ly/4nYk4kf

An incomplete <em>double movement</em>: Spain’s legislative strategy for platform courier reclassification

Digital labour platforms, which have long operated outside conventional employment frameworks, are now facing a regulatory drive. Spain seems to be at the forefront of this international effort, notab...

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Tiago Vieira@t-vieira.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Happy to share the first empirical chapter of my PhD thesis accepted for publication - now in the proofs stage at the International Labour Review, the International Labour Organization’s flagship journal!

International Labour Review@ilr-rit.bsky.social · 9mo ago

How do labour rights shape the economy? ⚖️📈 📖 In our final issue of 2025, César F. Rosado Marzán reviews Adrián Todolí-Signes’s (@uv.es) attempt to revisit the big question: Do employment rights boost economic performance? 🌍 Get early view now via @openlibhums.org

Open Library of Humanities@openlibhums.org · 9mo ago

Published in @ilr-rit.bsky.social / International Labour Review > César F. Rosado Marzán reviews "Labour Law and Economic Policy: How Employment Rights Improve the Economy", by Adrián Todolí-Signes: doi.org/10.16995/ilr...

International Labour Review@ilr-rit.bsky.social · 9mo ago

🔖 Early view content via @openlibhums.org Albert Berry (@utoronto.ca) reviews a book tracing nearly 50 years of economic change, artisan work and informality in Ecuador 🇪🇨 📖🌐 Forthcoming in our Issue 4 for 2025!

Open Library of Humanities@openlibhums.org · 9mo ago

Published in @ilr-rit.bsky.social / International Labour Review: Albert Berry reviews The Informal Sector in Ecuador: Artisans, Entrepreneurs and Precarious Family Firms, by Alan Middleton: doi.org/10.16995/ilr...

International Labour Review@ilr-rit.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🚨 Green ≠ always decent! 🚨 Forthcoming in our Issue 1 for 2026, @mathisbachelot.bsky.social & Mathilde Guergoat-Larivière from @univlille.bsky.social use 🇫🇷 data to show how green jobs can mean lower pay & less security for some. 📉👩‍🔧 #SustainableWork #GreenTransition

Mathis Bachelot@mathisbachelot.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Excited to announce that, together with Mathilde Guergoat-Larivière, our article entitled "What is the quality of green jobs? An empirical investigation on French data" has been accepted in the @ilr-rit.bsky.social. The postprint is already available: lilloa.univ-lille.fr/handle/20.50...

Abstract: Our article provides an analysis of green jobs' quality in France, applying on a large representative database a definition of green jobs that emerged in the last years. Using regressions and classification techniques, we show that green jobs display lower job quality than non-green jobs, especially for low-skilled workers who experience lower wages and socioeconomic security. High-skilled workers show either better or not significantly different job quality compared to their non-green counterparts. Our analysis also reveals the heterogeneity of green jobs dispatched in four clusters with various job quality levels, challenging the narrative of ‘good green jobs’.
International Labour Review@ilr-rit.bsky.social · 12mo ago

✨ A glimpse of what’s coming in Issue 3 next month: unions and social dialogue were lifelines for frontline workers during the pandemic. 🔖 Read the early view article via @openlibhums.org ⬇️ #CollectiveBargaining #DecentWork #FrontlineWorkers #COVID19

Open Library of Humanities@openlibhums.org · 12mo ago

Published in @ilr-rit.bsky.social / International Labour Review > Bargaining on the front line: What role did collective bargaining play in protecting/advancing the interests of front-line workers during the COVID-19 pandemic? by Jill Rubery et al.: doi.org/10.16995/ilr...