Publications by title

7

1. 75 years of International Labour Statistics

   01 January 1994

   Article from the Bulleting of Labour Statistics celebrates three-quarters of a century of work by the ILO Bureau of Statistics in the field of labour statistics.

A

1. A programme of wages statistics for the Caribbean

   01 March 1997

2. An International Comparison of Unpaid Overtime Work Among Industrialized Countries

   01 September 2002

   The purpose of this paper is, firstly, to estimate the length of unpaid overtime work in Japan and the United States where direct data on the subject are not available , secondly, to compare these findings with other industrialized countries, such as the United Kingdom, Germany, and Canada, where the data are available, and lastly, to show the implications of the international comparison.

3. Annexes to the Manual

   23 March 2011

   1. Survey Module Coding Book 2. Tools for Classification of Volunteer Work 3. Additional Data Elements 4. The Treatment of Volunteer Work by the ILO and the SNA 5. References

B

1. Beyond the measurement of unemployment and underemployment

   11 March 2011

   The report of the ILO Working Group on Labour Underutilization entitled “Beyond Unemployment: Measurement of Other Forms of Labour Underutilization” (ILO 2008) revisits the appropriateness of the current international standards concerning the statistical measurement of employment and unemployment. It suggests that the standard indicator of unemployment is maintained, while at the same time it calls for the introduction of supplementary indicators of various dimensions of underemployment.

C

1. Coding occupation and industry in a population census

   01 June 2001

   This working paper covers issues which must be addressed when questions related to ‘occupation’ and ‘industry’ are to be included in a population census.

2. Comparison of occupational mortality between the Nordic countries and Japan, with analysis by age group in Japan, using micro-data and the Statistical Pattern Analysis (SPA) method

   01 January 2002

3. Compilation and presentation of labour statistics based on administrative records

   01 January 1998

4. Constructing a map of the world of work: How to develop the structure and contents of a national standard classification of occupations

   01 July 2005

   This Working Paper presents practical guidelines for those who want to develop a National Standard Classification of Occupations (NSCO) with definitions and descriptions of the component groups.

D

1. Decent Work Indicators - Concepts and definitions

   21 June 2012

   Decent work is central to sustainable poverty reduction and is a means for achieving equitable, inclusive and sustainable development. The 2008 ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization recommends the establishment of appropriate indicators to monitor and evaluate the progress made in the implementation of the ILO Decent Work Agenda. The ILO is supporting member States through technical assistance and capacity building at national, sub-regional and regional levels. In this regard, the contribution of the EU project on Measuring and Assessing Progress on Decent Work (MAP) plays an important role.

2. Decent Work Indicators in Africa - A first assessment based on national sources

   04 June 2012

   The 2008 ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization recommends the establishment of appropriate indicators, if necessary with assistance of the ILO, to monitor the progress made in the implementation of the ILO Decent Work Agenda. The 17-point “Decent Work Agenda in Africa 2007-15”, calls for improved information for better policy making, aiming that at least half of the African member States have mechanisms in place to produce statistics and labour market information in a timely fashion. The ILO is supporting member States through technical assistance and capacity building at national, sub-regional and regional levels

3. Decent work statistical indicators: strikes and lockouts statistics in the international context

   01 June 2003

   Based on the analysis of the three major international programmes which aim at the regular publication of international labour disputes statistics, the author argues that currently the measure which best reconciles the number of days lost due to industrial action with the varying sizes of countries’ employed population and provides a reasonable basis for international comparisons is the rate of days not worked due to strikes and lockouts (per 1.000 employees).

E

1. Economic characteristics in a population census

   01 June 2001

   The objective of this Working Paper is to discuss in detail what questions to ask on each of the nine economic topics included in the revised UN Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses.

2. Estimated rates of activity: Countries and territories of North America, Europe and Oceania (1950-90)

   01 October 1995

   In the course of preparing the fourth edition of Estimates and projections of the economically active population, the ILO Bureau of Statistics is now making estimates of activity rates by sex and age group and of distribution by sex for each sector of economic activity, for each country or territory in the world which had 200,000 inhabitants or more in 1990.

3. Estimation of world and regional unemployment

   01 October 1999

   The purpose of the present paper is to describe a possible approach for obtaining world and regional estimates of these indicators. The methodology is applied here on a trial basis for obtaining 1995 unemployment estimates with distinction by sex and broad age group (youth and adult). The data should be considered as preliminary and subject to revision.

4. Evolution of the economically active population from 1950 to 1995 and forecasts for the year 2010

   01 November 1996

   Estimates and projections, by sex and age group, of the economically active population, 1950-2010. Individual projections are presented for all countries and/or territories of the world which in 1990 had attained or exceeded the threshold of 200,000 inhabitants.

G

1. Global and Regional Estimates of Consumer Price Inflation

   01 March 2006

   Presents global and regional estimates of consumer price inflation as produced by ILO Bureau of Statistics in collaboration with the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.

H

1. Household production and income: some preliminary issues

   01 March 2000

   The present paper aims at contributing, for researchers on household income accounting, some of the experience acquired in the context of national accounting on the monetary valuation of households' non-market production. No attempt is made in this paper at analysing different concepts of household income.

I

1. ILO dissemination of international labour statistics on Internet

   01 January 2000

2. ILO labour force participation rates for 10-14 years old versus UNESCO school enrolment ratios

   01 June 2000

   The purpose of this article is to evaluate the ILO data in relation to the UNSECO data on school enrolment for 44 countries for the year 1990. An earlier evaluation based on Child Labour Surveys in 6 countries (Cambodia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, and Turkey) showed suprisingly that except for one country (Philippines) the ILO labour force participation rates for the age group 10-14 years tended to be higher than the corresponding rates obtained from specialised national child labour surveys.