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Introduction: Policies for All Seasons: The Post-Cold War Era. Part I Inequality.- Income Inequality and Effectiveness in Redistribution. Changing Perspectives on Inequality and Development. Income Inequality and Labour.- Unions and Wage Inequality. Economic Transformation and the Gender Earnings Gap in Urban China. The Geography of Poverty, Inequality and Wealth in the UK and Abroad: Because Enough Is Never Enough. Measuring Inequality of Opportunity for the Backward Communities: Regional Evidence from the Indian Labour Market. The COVID-19 Pandemic, Economic Inequality and Democracy. Part II (In)decent Work.- Decent Work for Change. Minimum Wages and Poverty with Income-Sharing. What Is Unemployment in Europe? Concepts and Measurement in the European Community Household Panel. Workers and Labour Market Outcomes of Informal Jobs in Formal Establishments. The Rigidity of Labour Informality in Peru: The Need for a Paradigm Switch. (In)decent Work for Youth in Agro-Industrial Value Chains in Uganda. Corporate Responsibility and Gender: Failing Women Workers in Global Production. How Family-Friendly Work Environments Affect Work/ Family Conflict: A Meta-Analytic Examination. How Employed Mothers in Australia Find Time for Both Market Work and Childcare. Part III Labour and Institutions.- Labour Policies for All Tastes. Institutions for High-Quality Growth: What They Are and How to Acquire Them. Labor Standards and Labor Market Flexibility in East Asia. The Recent Movement Towards a Four-Day Working Week. Labor Market Institutions and Demographic Employment Patterns. Equilibrium Unemployment and the Duration of Unemployment Benefits. Social Protection Schemes in Ethiopia: The Productive Safety Net Program and the Community Based Health Insurance Scheme. How Impact Evaluation Is Shaping the Design of Labour Market Policies. Data Gap Analysis, Indicator Selection and Index Development: A Case for Developing Economies. Illusions and Disillusions with Poverty Reduction Strategies: Growth, Crisis and the MDGs in Bolivia, Honduras and Nicaragua.