What is the KILM?
The Key Indicator of the Labour Market (KILM) is a multi-functional research tool of the ILO. The first KILM was released ten years ago. It has since become a flagship product of the International Labour Office (ILO) and is used on a daily basis by researchers and policy-makers throughout the world.
The KILM is:
- a comprehensive database of country-level data on 20 key indicators of the labour market (listed in full on the right) from 1980 to the latest available year. In this context, the KILM can serve as a tool for policy-makers and researchers in monitoring and assessing many of the pertinent issues related to the functioning of labour markets.
- a source of the latest ILO world and regional estimates of employment and unemployment indicators. The estimates are presented in a box in each indicator’s manuscript along with an analysis of the global and regional trends and data are also now accessible on the new KILMnet[link http://kilm.ilo.org/kilmnet].
- a training tool on development and use of labour market statistics. Each indicator is accompanied by descriptions of the standard international definition of the concept and measurement procedures, guidelines on how the indicator can be used in analyses of labour market issues, and words of cautions on comparability limitations. Readers are guided on the value of using multiple indicators to develop a broader view of labour market developments.
- highlights of current labour market trends. The trends identified in an analysis of each indicator accompany each indicator manuscript, with graphics to display results.
- analyses of key issues in the labour market. Chapter 1 highlights "key issues" relating to the world’s labour markets while demonstrating how labour market information is used to analyse labour market issues and to guide policy recommendations. Links to the “key issues” sections of the current and previous KILM editions are provided below.
The KILM 6th Edition is now available
With three formats now available – publication, interactive software (CD-ROM) and online database – accessing the country-level data for the 20 key labour market indicators as well as the descriptive text explaining the indicators’ use, definitions and basic trends is easier than ever. The electronic versions of the KILM contain all the manuscripts and the data sets as well as all the basic statistics used to calculate the indicators from 1980 forward. Users can select and query the indicators by country, year, type of source and other user-defined functions according to specific needs. Both electronic products are updated on a regular basis.
- The KILM 6th Edition interactive software is available free of charge. Click here to download.
- As of September 2009, an online version of the KILM is available. Click here to access the new KILMnet.
- The printed KILM 6th Edition will be available in early 2010.
List of KILM indicators:
1. Labour force participation rate
2. Employment-to-population ratio
3. Status in employment
4. Employment by sector
5. Part-time workers
6. Hours of work
7. Employment in the informal sector
8. Unemployment
9. Youth unemployment
10. Long-term unemployment
11. Unemployment by educational attainment
12. Time-related underemployment
13. Inactivity
14. Educational attainment and illiteracy
15. Manufacturing wage indices
16. Occupational wage and earning indices
17. Hourly compensation costs
18. Labour productivity
19. Employment elasticities
20. Poverty, working poverty and income distribution