Harvesting vast information from international data repositories, and regional and national statistical sources, this important reference tool offers data for over 200 countries for the years 1980 through the latest available subsequent year. Using statistical data on the labour force, employment, unemployment, underemployment, educational attainment of the workforce, wages and compensation, productivity and labour costs, employment elasticities, and poverty as market indicators, the software provides users with access the most current information available. 

The KILM Interactive Software includes all the basic statistics used to calculate 20 key labour market indicators. Its easy to use format makes searching for relevant information quick and simple and this latest version includes numerous exciting innovations. First, the software includes electronic access to the “key issues of the labour market” chapter, as well as all other text describing the use of each indicator with useful information on the sources and definitions. The “key issues” chapter highlights “hot topics” relating to the world’s labour markets while demonstrating how labour market information is used to analyse labour market issues and to guide policy recommendations. Topics analysed in this issue include wage and productivity statistics, employment elasticities and global and regional labour market trends. Second, the software offers an improved updating functionality. Data updates will be automatically downloaded each time a user opens the programme. Finally, the new “cross-table” functionality allows users to view multiple indicators in one grid. 

Statistics on Occupational Wages and Hours of Work and on Food Prices
October Inquiry results, 2002-2003
2004, xiii+250
ISBN 92-2-016635-6
35 Sw.frs.; US$28; £18.95; 23 Euros
Trilingual English, French and Spanish

A vital reference source for anyone interested in conditions of of work and life, this trilingual survey provides detailed information on wages, hours of work and the price of food. Published yearly, the October Inquiry presents data on 159 occupations, 49 industry groups, and the retail prices of 93 food items - thus offering an indispensable statistical resource on the state of labour and employment in countries around the world. 

The consumer price index (CPI) measures the rate at which the prices of consumer goods and services are changing over time. It is a key statistic for purposes of economic and social policy-making, especially monetary policy and social policy, and has substantial and wide-ranging implications for governments, businesses, and workers as well as households.

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.

The following international organizations, concerned both with the measurement of inflation and with policies designed to control it, have collaborated on the Consumer Price Index Manual: Theory and practice: the International Labour Organization, the International Monetary Fund, the Organisation for Economic and Co-operation and Development, the Statistical Office of the European Communities (Eurostat), the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and the World Bank .

KEY FEATURES

• Offers complete, comprehensive guidelines on constructing a CPI
• Created by recognized international authorities in the field
• Provides valuable economic and statistical background information
• Includes an extensive glossary of terms, list of references and bibliography
  
  

The world’s foremost statistical reference on labour questions, this annual resource provides the principal labour statistics for over 190 countries,  areas and territories, with tables providing detailed data from the last ten years. Drawing mainly from national statistical services or official national  publications, the data comprising this volume are published whenever possible, according to the latest versions of the international standard  classifications. Nine comprehensive chapters focus on economically active population, employment, unemployment, hours of work, wages,  labour costs, consumer prices, occupational injuries, and strikes and lockouts.

Statistics on Occupational Wages and Hours of Work and on Food Prices
October Inquiry results, 2001-2002
2003, xiii+250
ISBN 92-2-014185-X
35 Sw.frs.; 22.50 Euros
Trilingual English, French and Spanish

A vital reference source for anyone interested in conditions of of work and life, this trilingual survey provides detailed information on wages, hours of work and the price of food. Published yearly, the October Inquiry presents data on 159 occupations, 49 industry groups, and the retail prices of 93 food items - thus offering an indispensable statistical resource on the state of labour and employment in countries around the world. 

Key Indicators of the Labour Market. Third edition - CD-ROM
2004
ISBN 92-2-113377-X
70 Sw.frs.; US$50; £25; 60 Euros
Trilingual English, French and Spanish

This software duplicates the printed publication but includes information for all years after 1980, as well as all the basic statistics used to calculate the indicators presented in the book. Its easy to use format makes searching for relevant information quick and simple. The third version of the KILM software includes numerous exciting innovations. First, new functionality allows users to generate a "country report", thus consolidating all indicators available for one country in one easy-to-view format, namely spreadsheet or printed report. Second, the software includes a mapping function for those who wish to visualize data geographically according to selected data characteristics. An improved "update" capacity allows users to download upgrades every six months so that users can feel confident that they are accessing the latest available labour market information. Finally, users of the software will also be given access to an Internet-based application where they can perform simple queries of the indicators and generate html-based data tables.

This valuable, wide-ranging reference tool meets the ever-increasing demand for timely, accurate and accessible information on the rapidly changing world of work. Now in its 3rd edition, Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM) provides the general reader, as well as the expert, with concise explanations and analysis of the data on the world’s labour markets.

Harvesting vast information from international data repositories, and regional and national statistical sources, this important reference work offers data for over 200 countries for the years 1980, 1990, 1995 and the latest available subsequent five years. The volume employs an expanded, up-to-date range of 20 key labour market indicators allowing researchers to compare and contrast between economies and within regions across time. Using statistical data on the labour force, employment, unemployment, underemployment, educational attainment of the workforce, wages and compensation, productivity and labour costs, labour market flows, and poverty and income distribution as market indicators, it enables users to access the most current information available. Maps and graphics are used throughout to highlight key points.

NEW - The KILM Interactive Software

The third edition of the KILM software includes many exciting innovations:

• New functionality allows user to generate a “country report”, thus consolidating all indicators available for one country in one easy to view format, which can be printed or downloaded to a spreadsheet.
• The software includes a mapping function for those who wish to visualize data geographically according to selected data characteristics
• An improved “update” capacity allows users to download upgrades every six months from the KILM website (www.ilo.org/kilm) to ensure they are accessing the latest available market information
• Users are also given access to an Internet-based application where they can perform simple queries of the indicators and generate html-based data tables
• The software duplicates the printed publication but also includes information for all years after 1980, as well as all the basic statistics used to calculate the KILM indicators
• Its easy-to-use format makes searching for relevant information quick and simple

 KEY FEATURES:

• Allows users to access to the most current information available
• Offers a clear, reliable set of 20 indicators to help monitor new employment trends
• Provides detailed information from over 200 countries in user-friendly, accessible format
• Includes numerous maps and graphics to highlight key points

Click here for more information 

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The world’s foremost statistical reference on labour questions, this annual resource provides the principal labour statistics for over 190 countries, areas and territories, with tables providing detailed data from the last ten years. Drawing mainly from national statistical services or official national publications, the data comprising this volume are published whenever possible, according to the latest versions of the international standard classifications. Nine comprehensive chapters focus on economically active population, employment, unemployment, hours of work, wages, labour costs, consumer prices, occupational injuries, and strikes and lockouts.

Statistics on Occupational Wages and Hours of Work and on Food Prices
October Inquiry results, 2000-2001
2002
ISBN 92-2-011379-1
35 Sw.frs.; 22.50 Euros
Trilingual English, French and Spanish

A vital reference source for anyone interested in conditions of of work and life, this trilingual survey provides detailed information on wages, hours of work and the price of food. Published yearly, the October Inquiry presents data on 159 occupations, 49 industry groups, and the retail prices of 93 food items - thus offering an indispensable statistical resource on the state of labour and employment in countries around the world.

• outlines the context of teachers and teaching by contrasting demand and supply broadly between developed and developing countries
• examines the composition of the teaching force in different regions and countries
• offers comparative analysis of the qualification of the teaching force
• examines the conditions of service including working time and teaching time, class size and salary
• analyses the changes in the structural characteristics of education systems and how they affect teaching and learning conditions and translate in to higher and lower costs per student

Information is drawn from various sources including: European Network for Information (Eurydice), International Bureau of Education (IBE), International Labour Office (ILO), Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

This resource provides insightful guidance for those involved in the collection of macroeconomic statistics and the preparation of the national accounts as well as anyone concerned with overall levels of economic production. As it stands, there is a plethora of alternative measures of the underground, hidden, shadow economy available - this Handbook explains why these measures are all different and which can be regarded as the most reliable.

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Since its first edition in 1935-36, the Yearbook of Labour Statistics has established  itself as the world's foremost work of statistical reference on labour questions, bringing  together in systematic form a mass of data from a vast network of authoritative sources of information in some 190 countries.

Data are published, wherever possible, according to the latest version of the following  international standard classifications: International Standard Industrial Classification  of all Economic Activities (ISIC), Revision 3; International Standard Classification of  Occupations (ISCO-88); International Classification of Status in Employment (ICSE-93) and  the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED), 1976.

This new (60th) edition contains 31 tables corresponding to nine major substantive chapters on the following:

economically active population
employment
unemployment
hours of work
wages
labour costs
consumer prices
occupational injuries
strikes and lockouts

Please note:
As from 2002, the Sources and Methods, a regular companion of the Yearbook of Labour Statistics, will be available only as a separate priced ILO publication. The Sources and Methods which accompanies the Yearbook of Labour Statistics 2001 will be the last issue associated with the Yearbook.

Statistics on Occupational Wages and Hours of Work and on Food Prices
October Inquiry results, 1999-2000
2001
ISBN 92-2-011376-7
35 Sw.frs.; US$31.50; £19.95
Trilingual English, French and Spanish

Current International Recommendations on Labour Statistics
2000 Edition
2000, 89pp.
ISBN 92-2-110846-5
20 Sw.frs.; US$13.95; £9.95; 13 Euros
Also available in French and Spanish

Statistics on Occupational Wages and Hours of Work and on Food Prices
October Inquiry results, 1997-1998
1999
ISBN 92-2-007359-5
35 Sw.frs.; US$28; £17
Trilingual English, French and Spanish

Labour Statistics Based on Administrative Records: Guidelines on compilation and presentation
1997, vi+105 pp.
ISBN 92-2-110486-9
15 Sw.frs.;  £8.10; €10

International Migration Statistics: Guidelines for improvement of data collection systems
By R.E. Bilsborrow, G. Hugo,
A.S. Oberai and H. Zlotnik
1997, x+426 pp. n hard cover
ISBN 92-2-109517-7
75 Sw.frs.; US$67.50; £40.50

The first comprehensive publication on this topic, this book aims at strengthening the capacity of countries to generate relevant and more meaningful data on international migration, which would assist in the formulation and analysis of migration policy. Topics include the international comparability of migration data, the potentials and weaknesses of existing data collection systems and the development of meaningful surveys.

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Statistics on Occupational Wages and Hours of Work and on Food Prices
October Inquiry results, 1996-1997
1998
ISBN 92-2-007356-0
35 Sw.frs.; US$18; £17
Trilingual English, French and Spanish

Presents the latest results of the ILO October Inquiry, a worldwide survey of wages and hours of work relating to 159 occupations in 49 industry groups and of retail prices of 93 food items, conducted with reference to the month of October each year.

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Yearbook of Labour Statistics 1998. 57th issue
Together with: Sources and Methods: Labour Statistics, Vol. 9.
1998
ISBN 92-2-007357-9
230 Sw.frs.; US$184; £110
Trilingual English, French and Spanish

Data are published, wherever possible, according to the latest versions of the following international classifications: International Standard Industrial Classification of all Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 3; International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO-88); International Classification of Status in Employment (ICSE-93) and the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED), 1976. This new edition contains 31 tables corresponding to nine major substantive chapters on the following: economically active population, employment, unemployment, hours of work, wages, labour cost, consumer prices, occupational injuries and strikes and lockouts

Yearbook of Labour Statistics 1997. 56th issue
Together with: Sources and Methods: Labour Statistics, Vol. 8. Occupational injuries.
1997
ISBN 92-2-007354-4
210 Sw.frs.; US$189; £113.40
Trilingual English, French and Spanish

Data are published, wherever possible, according to the latest versions of the following international classifications: International Standard Industrial Classification of all Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 3; International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO-88); International Classification of Status in Employment (ICSE-93) and the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED), 1976. This new edition contains 31 tables corresponding to nine major substantive chapters on the following: economically active population, employment, unemployment, hours of work, wages, labour cost, consumer prices, occupational injuries and strikes and lockout.

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Yearbook of Labour Statistics 1996. 55th issue
Together with: Sources and Methods: Labour Statistics, Vol. 5. Total and economically active population, employment and unemployment (population censuses)
1997
ISBN 92-2-007352-8
210 Sw.frs.; US$189; £113.40
Trilingual English, French and Spanish

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Statistics on Occupational Wages and Hours of Work and on Food Prices
October Inquiry Results, 1994-s1995
1996 xiii+262 pp.
ISBN 92-2-007351-X
35 Sw.frs.; US$31.50; £18.95
Trilingual English, French and Spanish

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Statistics on Poverty and Income Distribution
An ILO compendium of data
By H. Tabatabai
1996, ix+183 pp.
ISBN 92-2-109505-3
27.50 Sw.frs.; US$24.75; £14.85

This useful tool for development researchers and practitioners provides easy access to many existing statistics on poverty and income distribution in developing, transitional and industrialized countries at the national and regional levels. Part I contains a compendium of more than 3,000 observations, while part II provides supplementary technical information.

Statistics on Occupational Wages and Hours of Work and on Food Prices
October Inquiry results, 1993-1994
1995, xiii+273 pp.
ISBN 92-2-007349-8
35 Sw.frs.; US$31.50; £18.95
Trilingual English, French and Spanish

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Yearbook of Labour Statistics, 1995. 54rd issue
Together with: Sources and Methods: Labour statistics, Vol. 2. Employment, wages, hours of work and labour costs (Establishment Surveys)
1300 pp.+ 800 pp., Hardcover
ISBN 92-2-007350-1
210 Sw.frs.; US$189; £113.40
Trilingual English, French and Spanish

Yearbook of Labour Statistics, 1994. 53rd issue
Together with: Sources and Methods: Labour statistics, Vol. 6. Household income and expenditure
1166 pp.+ xiv+353 pp., Hardcover
ISBN 92-2-007347-1
210 Sw.frs.; US$189; £113.40
Trilingual English, French and Spanish

Yearbook of Labour Statistics: Retrospective edition on population censuses, 1945-89
1990, xxxix+1060 pp., Hardcover
ISBN 92-2-006428-6
170 Sw.frs.; US$153; £91.80

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Economically active population 1950-2010
Fourth Edition on diskette
ILO
ISBN 92-2-110474-5
.250 Sw. frs; US$225 ; £135

This database contains estimates and projections of the total population, the activity rates and the economically active population (labour force) by sex and five-year age groups (from 10 to 64 years and 65 years and over) for the period 1950-2010 at ten-year invervals plus 1995, and estimates of the distribution of the labour force by sex and major sector of economic activity, i.e. agriculture, industry and service, for the period 1950-1990. Separate results are also presented for manufacturing for the years 1980 and 1990. The data cover all countries and territories of the world which had at least 200,000 inhabitants in 1990 (178 countries and territories), plus their aggregations into regions, major areas and the world, for a total of 207 geographical units.

The activity rates are derived by estimating and adjusting national statistics reported to the ILO ; their projections are based on trends in activity rates by sex and age group observed in the countries and territories over the entire referece period or over part of it. The population estimates and projections were provided by the United Nations Populations Division (« World Populations Prospects 1950-2050 : The 1996 Revision »).

The Economically active population, 1950-2010 was completed in December 1996 and corresponds to the fourth round of the ILO programme on estimates and projections of the economically active population ; previous editions were published in 1971, 1977 and 1986.