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Labour Statistics

Statistics, Data and Indicators (10)

Civilian employment for OECD countries and major non-member economies

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06-Nov-2009

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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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

Job Vacancies for OECD countries

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06-Nov-2009

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

Quarterly Unit Labour Cost indexes for OECD countries

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14-Aug-2009

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: August 2009

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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 ...

OECD Reviews of Labour Market and Social Policies: Slovenia - A selection of tables & charts

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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.

OECD Reviews of Labour Market and Social Policies: Chile - A selection of tables & charts

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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

Online OECD Employment database

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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.

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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Events/Conferences/Meetings (1)

OECD Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting: Tackling the Jobs Crisis, 28-29 September 2009

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31-Jul-2009

The OECD Labour and Employment Ministerial Meeting: Tackling the Jobs Crisis will be held at OECD in Paris on 28-29 September 2009. It will be preceded by a Policy Forum the morning of 28 September.

Manuals, Sources and Methods (6)

OECD Main Economic Indicators: Explanatory Notes: Metadata - Target Definitions

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06-Nov-2009

The Explanatory Notes: Metadata - Target Definitions provide a brief general description of the indicators and an outline of key issues that can impact on use of the data.

Labour Force Statistics - Country Notes

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03-Nov-2008

Country Notes related to the OECD publication "Labour Force Statistics, 2008 Edition"

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 ...

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 (5)

Harmonised Unemployment Rates and Levels

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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...

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

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06-Nov-2009

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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06-Nov-2009

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

Harmonised Unemployment Rates (HURs), OECD - Updated: October 2009

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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.

Harmonised 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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