Labour Statistics
Statistics, Data and Indicators (10)
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06-Nov-2009
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
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14-Aug-2009
Unit labour cost growth for the total economy remained largely steady for most OECD countries in the first quarter of 2009 as sharp falls in real output (gross domestic product at constant prices) due ...
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27-Jul-2009
Selection of statistics for Slovenia: Long-term unemployment; Poverty and inequality indicators; Ratio of population aged 65 and over to the population; Strictness of Employment Protection Legislation; Slovenia's social protection system, Average effective age of retirement versus the official age.
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06-Apr-2009
Selection of statistics for Chile: Employment/population ratios by gender, Informality among employees by age, Poverty and inequality indicators, Employment Protection Legislation, Public social and education spending, Pension coverage
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30-Apr-2008
Our on-line database brings together data and indicators constructed to support the analyses presented in various editions of the OECD Employment Outlook . It contains a number of datasets describing labour market outcomes in OECD 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) ...
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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 ...
Unemployment Statistics
Statistics, Data and Indicators (5)
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06-Nov-2009
Source: OECD Main Economic Indicators (updated continuously) - The OECD harmonised unemployment rates (seasonally adjusted) give the numbers of unemployed persons as a percentage of the civilian labour force...
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12-Oct-2009
The unemployment rate for the OECD area was 8.6% in August 2009, 0.1 percentage point higher than the previous month and 2.3 percentage points higher than a year earlier.