Books and reports
May 2013
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Publication
Handbook on Residential Property Prices Indices (RPPIs). 2013 edition
31 May 2013
RPPIs are key statistics for economic and monetary policy-makers as well as for citizens and households across the world. Among their professional uses, they serve to monitor macroeconomic imbalances and the risk exposure of the financial sector.
November 2011
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Publication
Manual on the Measurement of Volunteer Work
14 November 2011
This manual presents a data collection strategy for measuring volunteer work that is cost-effective and reliable. It provides a definition of volunteer work, a measurement methodology to identify volunteer workers and their characteristics, and an estimation methodology to value their work. The 18th ICLS discussed and approved the Manual in 2008, making this the first-ever internationally sanctioned guidance to national statistical agencies for generating official statistics on volunteer work, using a common definition and approach.
March 2009
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Publication
Report II - Measurement of working time - 18th International Conference of Labour Statisticians, Geneva, 24 November - 5 December 2008
02 March 2009
The International Labour Organization has long been concerned with the regulation of working time as one aspect which has a direct and measurable impact on the health and well-being of working persons, their level of fatigue and stress (and on that of the people close to them). It also has an important impact on productivity levels and labour costs for establishments, and on the general quality of life in all countries.
February 2009
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Publication
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.
December 2004
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Publication
Consumer Price Index Manual. Theory and Practice.
01 December 2004
This important and comprehensive manual provides guidelines for statistical offices and other agencies responsible for constructing CPIs and explains in-depth the methods that are used to calculate a CPI. It also examines the underlying economic and statistical concepts and principles needed for making choices in efficient and cost effective ways and for appreciating the full implications of those choices.