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Labour Statistics

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Civilian employment for OECD countries and major non-member economies

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11-Jul-2008

Source: OECD Main Economic Indicators (updated continuously) - Civilian employment is presented in total and by broad industry and is derived from labour force sample surveys.

Hourly Earnings for OECD countries

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11-Jul-2008

Source: OECD Main Economic Indicators (updated continuously) - Hourly earnings correspond to seasonally adjusted average total earnings in manufacturing and private sector paid per employed person per hour, including overtime pay and regularly recurring

Job Vacancies for OECD countries

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11-Jul-2008

Source: OECD Main Economic Indicators  (updated continuously) - Data generally relate to the stock of unfilled job vacancies.

OECD Employment Outlook 2008 - Statistical Annex

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02-Jul-2008

OECD Employment Outlook 2008 - Statistical Annex

Quarterly Unit Labour Cost indexes for OECD countries

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05-May-2008

Source: OECD System of Unit Labour Cost Indicators (updated quarterly at end Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec) - Unit labour costs measure the average cost of labour per unit of output.  Quarterly data are presented for eight...

OECD System of quarterly unit labour cost indexes - Updated: May 2008

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05-May-2008

Industry OECD area unit labour cost growth remains negative in the fourth quarter of 2007

Labour force statistics for OECD member countries

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05-Feb-2008

This dataset includes annual statistics on labour force, civilian employment by sex and broad sectors, as well as unemployment. Data is available in thousands of persons, percentages and indices (2000=100) ...

Annual Unit Labour Cost & Related Indicators for OECD countries

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06-Jul-2007

Source: OECD System of Unit Labour Cost Indicators (updated quarterly at end Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec) - Annual Unit Labour Costs in levels and indices, Labour Compensation, Labour Productivity, Labour...

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Manuals, Sources and Methods (6)

OECD Main Economic Indicators: Explanatory Notes

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11-Jul-2008

The Explanatory notes provide a brief general description of the indicators and an outline of key issues that can impact on use of the data.

The OECD System of Unit Labour Cost and Related Indicators

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25-Mar-2008

Richard McKenzie and David Brackfield, OECD Statistics Directorate

Statistics Working Paper 2008/4 - This paper outlines in detail the methodology and statistical processes used for compiling the outputs of the OECD System of Unit Labour Cost and Related Indicators. This ...

Labour Force Statistics - Methodological Notes

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19-Dec-2007

Methodological Notes related to the OECD publication "Labour Force Statistics 1986-2006 - 2007 Edition".

Unit Labour Costs - Online Sources and Definitions

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09-Mar-2007

Describes methodology and data sources used for the OECD System of Unit Labour Cost Indicators. Updated in real time.

OECD Main Economic Indicators: Online Sources and Definitions - Employment

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07-Jul-2006

 Main Economic Indicators: Electronically available national practices for individual OECD member countries - Updated in real time.

OECD Main Economic Indicators: Online Sources and Definitions - Labour Compensation

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10-Feb-2006

Main Economic Indicators: Electronically available national practices for individual OECD member countries - Updated in real time.

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Unemployment Statistics

Statistics, Data and Indicators (6)

Standardised Unemployment Rates for OECD countries

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11-Jul-2008

Source: OECD Main Economic Indicators (updated continuously) - The OECD standardised unemployment rates (seasonally adjusted) give the numbers of unemployed persons as a percentage of the civilian labour force...

Survey based unemployment rates and levels for OECD countries and Major Non-Member Economies

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11-Jul-2008

Source: OECD Main Economic Indicators (updated continuously) -  Unemployment rates and levels derived from labour force surveys.

Registered unemployment rates and levels for OECD countries and Major Non-Member Economies

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11-Jul-2008

Source: OECD Main Economic Indicators (Updated continuously) - Unemployment statistics derived from administrative registers.

OECD Standardised Unemployment Rates (SURs) - Updated: July 2008

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11-Jul-2008

The standardised unemployment rate for the OECD area was 5.7% in May 2008, 0.1 percentage point higher than the previous month and 0.1 percentage point higher than a year earlier.

OECD Standardised Unemployment Rates (SURs) - Updated: June 2008

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09-Jun-2008

The standardised unemployment rate for the OECD area was 5.5% in April 2008, the same as the previous month and 0.1 percentage point lower than a year earlier.

Standardised Unemployment Rates: Original Release Data

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07-Jul-2006

Source: MEI Original Release Data and Revisions Database (updated monthly) - Access time series data for Standardised Unemployment Rates as originally published in each monthly edition of the OECD Main...

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Manuals, Sources and Methods (1)

OECD Main Economic Indicators: Online Sources and Definitions - Unemployment

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07-Jul-2006

Main Economic Indicators: Electronically available national practices for individual OECD member countries - Updated in real time.

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