Decent work: Concept and indicators

decent work and its indicators in iran

decent work is a new concept that has recently entered in international labor market economic literature and according to a good number of authorities it is one of the major aspects of sustainable developments that can lead to poverty reduction. on the other hand, international labor office (ilo) has considered decent work as the basis of its major framework of activities. ilo intends to encour...

Decent Work: A Psychological Perspective

This contribution, which serves as the lead article for the Research Topic entitled "From Meaning of Working to Meaningful Lives: The Challenges of Expanding Decent Work," explores current challenges in the development and operationalization of decent work. Based on an initiative from the International Labor Organization [ILO] (1999) decent work represents an aspirational statement about the qu...

Labour Market Flexibility and Decent Work

Th is paper reviews evidence from both industrialized and developing countries on the relationship between labour market fl exibility and employment. It is argued that the notion of fl exibility and its impact is often oversimplifi ed. Th e evidence, such as it is, does not provide much support for the view that greater fl exibility results in higher employment. Th ere is more evidence for an i...

Decent Work: Introducing the Obstacles Ahead

Our main aim was to identify and prioritize the obstacles to the implementation of decent work in the industry. The current research was applied in terms of purpose. It was also descriptive survey in terms of collecting data. Due to the large extent of industry sector actors, only one side of the main actors' triangle in the industrial sector in Yazd province was selected as the statistical sam...

Social protection , decent work and development