Are there International Labour Standards? Case of Migrant Workers’ Exploitation in Italy

Informal International Border Crossing, Refugee and Illegal Migrant Workers: Issue in Travel Medicine

Health and Safety Concerns of Migrant Workers: the Experience of Tunisian Workers in Modena, Italy

This paper examines the relatively under-researched field of health and safety of migrant workers, with special reference to Tunisian construction workers in the city of Modena in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna. The empirical material comes from questionnaires and interviews with Tunisian migrants, plus smaller numbers of interviews with employers and trade union representatives in Modena...

International Trade And Employment In Labour- Intensive Sectors In Iran: The Case Of Carpet- Weavers

Gender and the Labour Market: An International Perspective and the case of Italy

This paper provides an overview of the literature on international di¤erences in the gender wage gap. It then focuses on the Italian case and analyzes di¤erentials in gender wage and employment gaps across regions. The cross-regional variation reproduces the negative correlation between wage and employment gaps observed at the cross-country level. Using the methodology in Olivetti and Petrongol...

Role of ICTs in Safeguarding Migrant Workers

Worldwide, there are an estimated 244 million international migrants (UN DESA, 2016), with 175 million of these originating from developing regions. People migrate for a number of reasons, with the most cited being access to jobs. The International Labour Organization’s (ILO’s) decent work agenda aims to ensure dignity, equality, fair income and safe working conditions, with specific mention of...