75 years of International Labour Statistics - [pdf 49 KB] 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.
An International Comparison of Unpaid Overtime Work Among Industrialized Countries - [pdf 43 KB] 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.
Decent work statistical indicators: strikes and lockouts statistics in the
international context - [pdf 73 KB] 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 da ...
Economic characteristics in a population census - [pdf 343 KB] 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.
Estimated rates of activity: Countries and territories of North America,
Europe and Oceania (1950-90) - [pdf 14 KB] 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.
Estimation of world and regional unemployment - [pdf 31 KB] 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.
Household production and income: some preliminary issues - [pdf 86 KB] 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.
Incorporating gender issues
in labour statistics - [pdf 146 KB] Gender issues relate to the differences and similarities that exist
between men and women in relation to their contributions, their
conditions of work and life, and their needs, constraints and
opportunities. ...
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