Table of Contents; List of figures, tables and boxes by chapter; FIGURES; TABLES; BOXES; 1. Overview of employment trends and projections; Main findings; Introduction; A. Labour market performance and projections; Figure 1.1 Projected working-age population, total employment and employment rate, 2006-18; Figure 1.2 Employment rates in the fourth quarters of 2007, 2010 and 2012 (percentages); Box 1.1 Chile and Colombia: Outperforming global employment norms; B. The structural picture: Long-term joblessness, concerns about job quality and social impact.

Table 1.1 Unemployment by region, 2007, 2012, 2013 and 2015 (million)Figure 1.3 Change in the number of discouraged workers as a percentage of inactive population between 2008 and 2011 (percentage points); Table 1.2 Changes in unemployment, long-term unemployment and inactivity rate by type of employment recovery (percentage points); Box 1.2 Cyclical sensitivity of the labour force participation rate; Figure 1.4 Labour force (index 2007=100) and unemployment rate (percentage) with and without cyclical effect, 2007-12.

Figure 1.5 Relationship between change in labour market performance and change in estimated "job quality" (percentage points), 2007-11C. Recent trends in social well-being and unrest; Box 1.3 Constructing the social unrest index; Figure 1.6 Change in the social unrest index: Pre-crisis (2006/07) versus post-crisis (2011/12); D. Structure of the report; Appendix A Country groupings by income level; Appendix B The impact of financial crises on employment: An empirical analysis; Table 1B.1 Regression results; Appendix C Determinants of social unrest.

Table 1C.1 Weight of the variables used for the social unrest scoreTable 1C.2 Variables and sources; Table 1C.3 Determinants of social unrest (2006-12); References; 2. Income distribution and middle-income groups across the world; Main findings; Introduction; A. Trends in income and wage inequalities; Figure 2.1 Income inequalities in 2007 and latest available year; B. Middle-income groups in advanced economies; Figure 2.2 Wage polarization in advanced economies; Box 2.1 Defining and measuring the middle-income group.

Figure 2.4 Change in the size of the middle-income group, 2007 and 2010 (as a percentage of total population)Box 2.2 Post-crisis trends in the middle-income group; C. Middle-income groups in emerging and developing economies; Figure 2.5 Sizes of different income groups in emerging and developing economies, 1999-2010; Figure 2.6 Incidence of different income groups in emerging and developing economies, selected economies, 2010 (percentage); D. Policy challenges; Appendix A: Country classifications by income level; References; 3. Role of minimum wages in rebalancing the economy; Main findings.