Books and reports

January 2012

1. 

   Measuring the Economically Active in Population Censuses: A Handbook

   20 January 2012

   The Handbook provides guidance on the measurement of economic characteristics in population censuses, based on relevant experiences of countries, with a particular focus on the questions used and the requirements for processing of responses.

October 2011

1. 

   Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM). Seventh edition (includes CD-ROM)

   14 October 2011

   This valuable wide-ranging reference tool meets the ever-increasing demand for timely, accurate and accessible information on the rapidly changing world of work. The Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM) offers the general user with instant and uncomplicated access to data and analysis on the world's labour markets.

January 2010

1. 

   Key indicators of the labour market (KILM). Sixth edition (includes CD-ROM)

   27 January 2010

   This valuable wide-ranging reference tool meets the ever-increasing demand for timely, accurate and accessible information on the rapidly changing world of work. Now in its 10th year, the Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM) offers the general user with instant and uncomplicated access to data and analysis on the world's labour markets.

July 2009

1. 

   2008 Labour Overview. Latin America and the Caribbean

   01 July 2009

   This edition provides evidence of the effects of an unprecedented international crisis that has cast a shadow over the global economy and is reflected in the employment situation in the region. Employment will be a challenge in 2009. As ILO Director-General, Juan Somavia stated, "The ILO's message is realistic, not alarmist" with respect to this situation.

February 2009

1. Child labour statistics. Report III. 18th International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS/18/2008). Geneva, 24 November-5 December 2008

   03 February 2009

   This report aims at setting standards of good practice on the collection, compilation and analysis of national child labour statistics, guiding countries to update their existing statistical system in this field or to establish a new one where necessary.

August 2008

1. 

   Sources and methods: Labour statistics. Employment in the tourism industries (Special edition) Co-published with the World Tourism Organization

   20 August 2008

   Sources and Methods: Labour Statistics - Employment in the tourism industries (Special edition) is the first of three volumes to come out of a joint project by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) to improve national methods of data collection of employment in the tourism industries.

February 2008

1. 

   Key indicators of the labour market (Fifth edition) with interactive CD-ROM (Trilingual English/French/Spanish)

   04 February 2008

   KILM provides a valuable, wide-ranging reference tool to meet the ever-increasing demand for timely, accurate and accessible information on the rapidly changing world of work. It includes all the basic statistics used to calculate 20 key labour market indicators allowing researchers to compare and contrast between economies and within regions across time. The fifth edition of the KILM also includes interactive software which makes searching for relevant information quick and simple.

July 2007

1. 

   Occupational wages and hours of work and retail food prices. Statistics from the ILO October Inquiry 2007 (Trilingual En, Fr, Sp)

   26 July 2007

   This volume presents the latest results of the ILO October Inquiry, a worldwide survey of wages and hours of work relating to 159 occupations in 49 industry groups and of retail prices of 93 food items, conducted with reference to the month of October each year. It was initiated in 1924 to give effect to a resolution of the First International Conference of Labour Statisticians (1923), and has been conducted regularly ever since. A major revision and expansion of the Inquiry was introduced in October 1985.

January 2005

1. Yearbook of labour statistics (63rd edition), 2004 (Limp cover)

   19 January 2005

December 2004

1. Statistics on occupational wages and hours of work and on food prices. October Inquiry results, 2002 and 2003. Special supplement to the Bulletin of Labour Statistics. 2004

   08 December 2004