Title

The Employment Outlook for 2025: From Job Recovery to Sustained Resilience?

Lecture Introduction
In this lecture, Dr. Ekkehard Ernst, Chief of the Macroeconomic Policy and Jobs Unit at the International Labour Organization (ILO), will present the newly released World Employment and Social Outlook Report 2025 on behalf of the ILO. The report provides an in-depth analysis of global labor market trends, with a particular focus on slowing economic recovery, persistent youth unemployment, and gender pay gaps, examining their impact on the promotion of decent work. It further explores structural challenges such as global labor market disparities and offers insights into shaping a more sustainable future of work worldwide.

The World Employment and Social Outlook series, launched in 2015 by the ILO Research Department, is the organization’s report on global employment issues. Published twice a year, the January edition forecasts global employment and social trends for the coming years, while the May edition analyzes and summarizes policy practices across countries aimed at achieving high employment rates and promoting income equality, based on the latest data and evidence.

Speaker Biography

Dr. Ekkehard Ernst, Chief of the Macroeconomic Policy and Jobs Unit at the International Labour Organization (ILO), holds a Ph.D. from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in France. His research focuses on artificial intelligence and the labor market, macroeconomic labor markets and future working conditions, employment and income, among other areas. He serves on advisory boards such as the European Parliament’s International Advisory Board of the Science and Technology Committee and the UK’s Productivity Insight Network. Previously, he worked at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the European Central Bank. His research has been published in journals such as IZA Journal of Labor Policy, European Journal of Political Economy, and Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control. He has also co-edited and authored academic works, including Managing Work in the Digital Economy and Productivity and the Pandemics. He regularly organizes the ILO Summer School and has delivered speeches at numerous international conferences.

Lecture Language

English

Lecture Time

14:30–16:30, Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Lecture Introduction

Room 347, Qiushi Building, Renmin University of China

Moderator

Dr. Hao Zhang, Associate Professor, School of Labor and Human Resources, Renmin University of China

Discussants

Dr. Zhong Zhao, Dean and Professor, School of Labor and Human Resources, Renmin University of China

Dr. Xiangbo Liu, Vice Dean and Professor, School of Labor and Human Resources, Renmin University of China