Publications by title

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1. Seventeenth International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS): 80 years of ILO statistical standard setting

   01 January 2004

2. Simplified measurement of underemployment: Results of a labour force sample survey in Namibia

   01 June 1994

3. Statistical aspects of minimum wage determination

   01 June 1997

   Outlines the types and sources of statistical data which are likely to be required when setting and reviewing minimum wages in a country. The statistical requirements of wage setting may assist and guide other countries in developing their statistical systems for the same purpose.

4. Statistical pattern analysis and its procedure

   01 January 1997

   The "Statistical Pattern Analysis" (SPA) using a computer system is perhaps one of the simplest and most useful methods for statistical analysis in the case of integrated use of several indices. In this paper, two types of SPA are presented: firstly, an integrated observation method for several kinds of statistical data in the form of cross-table; and secondly, an analysis method for large scale data in the form of data matrices.

5. Statistics in the ILO: Roles and responsibilities

   01 January 2003

6. Statistics on international migration: A review of sources and methodological issues

   01 January 1996

   The present report complements a manual which aims at strengthening national capacity in generating relevant and more meaningful data on international migration required for policy formulation.

7. Statistics on public sector employment: Methodology, structures and trends

   01 January 1999

8. Statistics on the employment situation of people with disabilities: A Compendium of national methodologies

   01 November 2003

   This Compendium describes the methodologies currently in use in 95 countries to compile statistics on employment status in conjunction with disability.

9. Status in Employment: a world survey of practices and problems

   01 January 2000

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1. The First UN Millennium Development Goal: A Cause for Celebration?

   01 February 2005

2. The hours that we work: the data we need, the data we get

   01 January 2001

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1. Uses and analysis of the ILO October Inquiry data on occupational wages and hours of work

   01 October 1996

   The purpose of this article is to describe and explain the various types of data provided by countries, and discuss how they might be used in analysis, in particular, for comparing occupational wage rates and earnings. The issues chosen for illustration do not cover all the possible uses to which the October Inquiry data can be put, but concentrate on the issues that are the most important and the most frequently raised.

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1. What kind of work do you do? Data collection and processing strategies when measuring "occupation" for statistical surveys and administrative records

   01 February 1995

   This Working Paper presents practical guidelines for those who want to register the characteristic (variable) "occupation" in a statistical survey or on administrative records.