List of figures -- List of tables -- List of boxes -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Executive Summary -- 1. Emerging patterns of employment: global and regional trends -- Introduction -- A. The relationship between employment and economic growth -- B. A diversified labour market -- C. Conclusions and structure of report -- Appendix A. Country and regional groupings -- Appendix B. Estimating the global wage gap -- References -- 2. Employment patterns, poverty and income inequality -- Introduction -- A. Incomes across different types of employment -- B. Changing work patterns and poverty -- C. Changing work patterns and income inequality -- D. Concluding remarks: Lessons from country experience -- Appendix A. Data sources and coverage -- Appendix B. Sources of income, data limitations and methodologies -- Appendix C. Figures and decomposition tables -- References -- 3. Social protection coverage across employment patterns -- Introduction -- A. Legal social protection coverage by status in employment -- B. Social protection coverage in practice: Implementation gaps -- C. Concluding remarks -- Appendix A. Definitions and methods -- Appendix B. Decomposition of total gap in pension coverage -- Appendix C. Effective pension coverage by contributory schemes by status in employment -- Appendix D. Indicators of effective coverage for old-age pension benefits, global estimates -- Appendix E.Affiliation to old-age pension schemes by status and employment patterns -- References -- 4. Labour regulation and employment patterns -- Introduction -- A. Labour regulation over time -- B. The impact of labour regulation on labour market and social outcomes -- C. Concluding remarks -- Appendix A. Methodology and coding algorithms used to construct the CBR-LRI dataset -- Appendix B. Methodological approach to the econometric analysis -- References.

5. Changes in global production patterns and impacts on enterprises and employment -- Introduction -- A. Global production patterns and organization of work across borders -- B. The impact of global supply chains on employment patterns and enterprises -- C. Concluding remarks: Policy considerations for global supply chains -- Appendix A. The ILO's estimates of jobs related to global supply chains -- Appendix B. Global supply chain participation and labour markets: A sectoral analysis -- References -- Recent publications from the ILO Research Department.