Offers information on the 18 key economic indicators of the labor market, provided by the International Labour Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. Provides access to ILO working papers, reports, and 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 third 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. The third edition of the KILM includes interactive software which duplicates the printed book but allows for data updates every six months.

Produced by the International Labour Office, this CD-ROM provides a set of comprehensive and comparable data on the world's labour markets. It presents 20 key indicators which relate to: the labour force; employment characteristics, such as hours of work, status and sector; measures of unemployment and underemployment; educational attainment and illiteracy; wage and labour costs; productivity; labour market flows; gender issues; and poverty and income distribution. Geographical coverage varies by indicator. The CD-ROM contains data for each year from 1980 onwards, with estimates for the year 2000 available for many economies whilst for others the most recent available data is for 1999. It also contains the actual numerators and denominators used to calculate the indicators. The text is written in English, French, Spanish and Russian.

Offers an analysis of 12 indicators from the ILO Key Indicators of the Labour Market database. The aim is to look for progress or lack of progress towards the goal of gender equality in the world of work and identify where and why blockages to labour market equity continue to exist. Focuses on the relationship of women to labour markets and compares employment outcomes for men and women to the best degree possible given the available labour market indicators.

The new edition of this acclaimed resource makes available in a single volume the most authoritative, current, and accessible statistics on the labor market. Indicators encompass vital issues, such as labor force participation, employment, unemployment, educational attainment, hours of work, wages and earnings, productivity, labor costs, poverty, income distribution, and more.KILM 2001-2002 also features additional indicators and expands many others to reflect global shifts in employment and highlight policy concerns, as well as a new chapter on gender issues, derived from a review of the indicators themselves. Also inlcludes maps.

Incorporating the most recent data available for 2002, this report analyses current labour market trends and examines the impact of the global economic downturn and post 11 September developments upon different world regions. Covering Latin America and the Caribbean, East Asia, South East Asia, the Middle East and North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa, the transition economies and industrial countries, it focuses on the distinct labour market characteristics and challenges faced by each region and economic group. It also traces factors contributing to the global employment decline, such as the increase in informal sector employment, the decrease in employment in information and communication technology, as well as extensive jobs losses in the travel and tourism industries and the export and labour-intensive manufacturing sectors.