April 2026
29Apr

Informal Workers in Mexico: A Statistical Snapshot

By José de Jesús Luján Salazar & Joann Vanek In Mexico City and urban Mexico, women comprise 42 per cent and men 58 per cent of the labour force. In Mexico nationally, women’s share is slightly lower at 39 per cent. Between 2013 and 2019, employment in Mexico increased by more than 5 million workers but women’s share of employment did not increase significantly. The data in this brief are based on the second quarter of the 2013 and 2019 Encuesta Nacional...

April 29, 2026
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29Apr

Threats of AI? Workers’ perceptions of technological change and precautionary saving behaviour

By Kun Lee, Ludivine Martin & Thuc-Uyen Nguyen-Thi Despite the extensive literature on the labour market impacts of technological change, workers’ behavioural adaptation to augmented technological risks remains relatively underexplored. In this study, we investigate workers’ perceptions of future risks posed by AI and advanced technologies and how these perceptions are causally linked with their precautionary saving behaviour. Using a novel survey of workers in Luxembourg – a country characterised by rapid technological change and dynamic labour markets – we...

April 29, 2026
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17Apr

2024 Labour Overview of Latin America and the Caribbean

By International Labour Organization Five years after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the labour market outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean in 2024 shows relative stability in its main labour market indicators. In line with the moderate pace of economic growth, the employment rate increased slightly in 2024 compared with the previous year. Labour supply, as measured by the participation rate - the percentage of people of working age who are working or looking for a job...

April 17, 2026
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10Apr

Immigrants at the Margin: Labor Market Effects of the Minimum Wage

By Mark Borgschulte, Heepyung Cho & Darren Lubotsky We examine the differential effects of minimum wages on immigrant and native workers in the United States. We find that minimum wage increases lead to reduced hours of work among immigrants with no effect on their employment. The effects are concentrated among recently arrived, likely-undocumented workers in high turnover industries. Native workers show no such response, even when examining native subgroups with similar characteristics to the most affected immigrants. We conclude that...

April 10, 2026
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08Apr

Informal workers in the rural sector in Colombia: Living conditions and social security

By Oscar Espinosa, Valeria Bejarano, Martha-Liliana Arias & Jorge-Iván González The existence of a high percentage of informal labour has a direct impact on the living conditions of millions of people and their families, especially in rural areas and developing countries. The implications of this problem present a challenge for public policy on employment, social security and business activity. Taking advantage of the wealth of microdata from the Great Integrated Household Survey (of national representation), our research aimed to...

April 8, 2026
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01Apr

Gig Workers And Labour Law In India: Analysing The Legal Vacuum Under The Code On Social Security 2020

By Anshita Jain The rise of the gig economy in India has transformed traditional employment structures while exposing significant gaps in labour law protections. This paper analyses the legal status of gig and platform workers under the Code on Social Security, 2020, highlighting the challenges of worker classification and limited social security coverage. It argues that despite formal recognition, the absence of enforceable rights and clear accountability mechanisms leaves gig workers vulnerable. The paper concludes by suggesting the need for...

April 1, 2026
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March 2026
06Mar

Closing the gender income gap: from paycheck to pension

By Allianz Research Women have made measurable progress over recent decades in narrowing gender pay gaps and increasing labor-force participation – but structural gaps persist. Across the OECD, the unadjusted gender pay gap – the percentage difference between the average earnings of all men and all women without accounting for differences in job type, hours worked, experience or seniority – has declined from 21% in the early 2000s to 13.7% in 2024, and female labor-force participation has risen steadily to 71%, compared with 81% of men. However, single metrics do not capture the full economic impact...

March 6, 2026
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06Mar

The Impact of Pension System Reforms on Elderly Labor Force Participation: A Comparative Study of Germany, the United States, and Brazil

By Amos Kupaza Objective: This study provides the first harmonized, micro‑level comparative analysis of pension reform effects on elderly labor force participation in three paradigmatic welfare regimes: Germany (coordinated market economy, conservative‑corporatist welfare), the United States (liberal market economy, liberal welfare), and Brazil (dualistic economy, conservative‑informal welfare). We test the institutional mediation hypothesis: that reform effects are systematically shaped by labor market structures, social protection arrangements, and production regimes. Methods: We employ harmonized microdata from IPUMS-CPS (USA) and IPUMS-International (Germany, Brazil) , comprising 495,000 person‑year observations spanning 2000–2023....

March 6, 2026
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February 2026
20Feb

How Incentives Can Boost Pensions for Informal Sector Workers

By Coller Pensions Institute his summary report offers a snapshot of the findings in the full paper: ‘How incentives can boost pensions for informal workers’ - prepared by the Coller Pensions Institute and D3P Global. It highlights the financial and demographic factors driving the urgent need for policymakers to increase the participation rates of informal workers in pension systems, and summarises key findings from the full paper’s review of pension programmes targeting informal sector workers in 11 emerging markets and...

February 20, 2026
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20Feb

Impact of iImmigration on the Japanese Economy: A Multi-Country Simulation Model

By Manabu Shimasawa To quantify the impacts of immigration and fiscal reconstruction on the Japanese economy, we present a dynamic computable general equilibrium OLG model with an overlapping generations structure. We use a total of 16 countries and regions, both including those that are industrialized, such as Japan, the US, and the EU, and developing countries, such as China, Brazil, the Philippines, and Peru. Our simulation results show that a permanent immigration flows of 150,000 will improve the Japanese economy and...

February 20, 2026
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