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Type of publication Title Date Availability
Manuals
Training Compendium: Module 1 on Statistics of Employment, Unemployment, Underemployment: Economically active population Also available in Arabic from STAT.
Sources & Methods: Labour Statistics, Methodological descriptions of national statistics by source
Household Income and Expenditure Statistics, No. 4, 1979-1991. Hard copy on request
Economically active population, 1950-2010, six volumes
Working Papers
Social Dialogue Indicators: Trade union membership and collective bargaining coverage: Statistical concepts, methods and findings October 2005 On-line
Employment in the informal economy in the Republic of Moldova December 2004 On-line
Measuring the informal economy: From employment in the informal sector to informal employment December 2004 On-line
Statistics on the employment situation of people with disabilities: A compendium of national methodologies (In collaboration with the InFocus Programme on Skills, Knowledge and Employablity) November 2003 On-line
ILO compendium of official statistics on employment in the informal sector 2002 On-line
On measuring place of work 2002 On-line
Economic characteristics in a population census 2001 On-line
Coding occupation and industry in a population census 2001 On-line
Incorporating gender issues in labour statistics 1999 On-line
Statistics on public sector employment: Methodology, structures and trends 1999 On-line
Statistics on international migration: A review of sources and methodological issues 1996 On-line
Constructing a map of the world of work 1995 On-line
What kind of work do you do? 1995 On-line
Integrated framework for the measurement of working time 1992 On-line
Papers
Statistical definition of informal employment: guidelines endorsed by the Seventeenth International Conference of Labour Statisticians February 2004 On-line
Defining and measuring informal employment February 2004 On-line
How do we update international standard classifications of occupations: issues and possibilities 2000 On-line
Implementing and updating international standard classifications of occupations: Issues, experiences and possibilities 1999 On-line
International Statistical Comparisons of Occupations and Social Structures: Problems, Possibilities and the Role of ISCO-88 1999 On-line
Standard Statistical Classifications: Basic Principles 1999 On-line
The revised international standard classification of occupations (ISCO-88): a short presentation 1993 On-line
Methodological issues in the development, use, maintenance and revision of statistical classifications 1992 On-line
How to produce a national standard classification of occupations and a national dictionary of Occupations: Summary of the main tasks 1989 On-line
Mapping a national classification of occupations into ISCO-88: Outline of a strategy 1988 On-line
Articles
Selection of articles from the Bulletin of Labour Statistics as from 1994 On-line
ILO dissemination of international labour statistics on Internet 2000 On-line
New methodologies for collecting occupational injury data 2000 On-line
Labour statistics useful for gender concerns 1999 On-line
Mapping the world of work: An international review of the work with occupational classifications and dictionaries 1998 On-line

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