A core set of 20 labour market indicators that cover various facets of “decent work deficits” around the world which have “relative comparability across countries
and regions.” See User guide.
Indicators include: labor force participation rate, employment-to-population ratio, status in employment, employment by sector, part-time workers, hours of work, employment in the informal economy, unemployment, youth unemployment, long-term unemployment, unemployment by educational attainment, time-related underemployment, inactivity rate, educational attainment and illiteracy, manufacturing wage indices, occupational wage and earning indices, hourly compensation costs, labour productivity and unit labour costs,
employment elasticities, poverty, working poverty and income distribution . [keywords: international development]
Data from over 200 countries, some from 1969. Yearly data on total and economically active population, employment, unemployment, hours of work, wages, labor cost, consumer price indices, occupational injuries, strikes and lockouts, 1969 forward. Quarterly data on employment, unemployment, hours of work, wages, consumer price indices: 1976 forward. October wages and hours of work in 159 occupations: 1983- forward, October retail prices of 93 food items: 1985 forward.
Employment for detailed occupational groups by sex: 1970-2000; ILO-comparable estimates - adjusted annual average employment and unemployment estimates: 1981-2005; public sector employment, 1985- forward. Economically active population estimates and projections: 1980-2020; household income and expenditure statistics, employment by hours of work - distribution of the employed population by hours of work: 1995-2005; ILO migration statistics: 1986 forward. [keywords: international development]
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