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[IWS] DOL: CHARTBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL LABOR COMPARISONS: THE AMERICAS, ASIA-PACIFIC, EUROPE [January 2007]
IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL) .... JANUARY 2007
A CHARTBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL LABOR COMPARISONS: THE AMERICAS .... ASIA-PACIFIC .... EUROPE
http://www.dol.gov/asp/media/reports/chartbook/chartbook_jan07.pdf
[full-text, 65 pages]
[excerpt]
...this Chartbook of International Labor Comparisons provides a comparative labor market perspective.including employment levels, jobless rates, hours worked, labor costs, and productivity trends.
CONTENTS
Contents| vii
Section 1. Gross Domestic Product Per Capita 1
1.1 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita, 2005 2
1.2 Average annual growth rates for real GDP per capita, 1995-2005 3
Section 2. Labor Market Indicators 5
2.1 Size of the labor force, 2005 6
2.2 Average annual growth rates for the labor force, 1995-2005 7
2.3 Labor force participation rates by sex, 2005 8
2.4 Labor force participation rates by age, 2005 9
2.5 Employment as a percent of the working-age population, 2005 10
2.6 Average annual growth rates for employment, 1995-2005 11
2.7 Average annual growth rates for full-time and part-time employment, 1995-2005 12
2.8 Annual hours worked per employed person, 1995 and 2005 13
2.9 Unemployment rates, 2005 14
2.10 Youth unemployment rates, 2005 15
2.11 Ratio of youth to adult unemployment rates, 2005 16
2.12 Persons unemployed one year or longer, 2005 17
2.13 Ratio of unemployment rate of persons without high school degrees to that of persons with college or university degrees, 2004 18
2.14 Educational attainment of the adult population, 2004 19
Section 3. Competitiveness Indicators for Manufacturing 21
3.1 Hourly compensation costs, 2005 22
3.2 Average annual growth rates for hourly compensation costs, 1995-2005 23
3.3 Employer social insurance expenditures and other labor taxes as a percent of hourly compensation costs, 2005 24
3.4 Average annual growth rates for manufacturing productivity, 1995-2005 25
3.5 Average annual growth rates for manufacturing output and hours worked, 1995-2005 26
3.6 Average annual growth rates for manufacturing unit labor costs, 1995-2005 27
Section 4. Other Economic Indicators 29
4.1 Public expenditures on labor market programs as a percent of GDP, 2004-05 30
4.2 Measures of regulation on labor and product markets, 2003 31
4.3 Share of labor costs taken by tax and social security contributions, 2005 32
4.4 Dependency ratios, 2005 33
4.5 Trade in goods as a percent of GDP, 2004 34
Section 5. Indicators for Large Emerging Economies 35
5.1 World population distribution, 2005 36
5.2 Age composition of the population, 2004 37
5.3 Dependency ratios, 2004 38
5.4 GDP per capita, 2005 39
5.5 GDP per employed person, 1995 and 2004 40
5.6 Labor force participation rates by sex, 2004 41
5.7 Trade in goods as a percent of GDP, 2004 42
Appendix. Definitions, Sources, and Methods A1
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (DOL) .... JANUARY 2007
A CHARTBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL LABOR COMPARISONS: THE AMERICAS .... ASIA-PACIFIC .... EUROPE
http://www.dol.gov/asp/media/reports/chartbook/chartbook_jan07.pdf
[full-text, 65 pages]
[excerpt]
...this Chartbook of International Labor Comparisons provides a comparative labor market perspective.including employment levels, jobless rates, hours worked, labor costs, and productivity trends.
CONTENTS
Contents| vii
Section 1. Gross Domestic Product Per Capita 1
1.1 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita, 2005 2
1.2 Average annual growth rates for real GDP per capita, 1995-2005 3
Section 2. Labor Market Indicators 5
2.1 Size of the labor force, 2005 6
2.2 Average annual growth rates for the labor force, 1995-2005 7
2.3 Labor force participation rates by sex, 2005 8
2.4 Labor force participation rates by age, 2005 9
2.5 Employment as a percent of the working-age population, 2005 10
2.6 Average annual growth rates for employment, 1995-2005 11
2.7 Average annual growth rates for full-time and part-time employment, 1995-2005 12
2.8 Annual hours worked per employed person, 1995 and 2005 13
2.9 Unemployment rates, 2005 14
2.10 Youth unemployment rates, 2005 15
2.11 Ratio of youth to adult unemployment rates, 2005 16
2.12 Persons unemployed one year or longer, 2005 17
2.13 Ratio of unemployment rate of persons without high school degrees to that of persons with college or university degrees, 2004 18
2.14 Educational attainment of the adult population, 2004 19
Section 3. Competitiveness Indicators for Manufacturing 21
3.1 Hourly compensation costs, 2005 22
3.2 Average annual growth rates for hourly compensation costs, 1995-2005 23
3.3 Employer social insurance expenditures and other labor taxes as a percent of hourly compensation costs, 2005 24
3.4 Average annual growth rates for manufacturing productivity, 1995-2005 25
3.5 Average annual growth rates for manufacturing output and hours worked, 1995-2005 26
3.6 Average annual growth rates for manufacturing unit labor costs, 1995-2005 27
Section 4. Other Economic Indicators 29
4.1 Public expenditures on labor market programs as a percent of GDP, 2004-05 30
4.2 Measures of regulation on labor and product markets, 2003 31
4.3 Share of labor costs taken by tax and social security contributions, 2005 32
4.4 Dependency ratios, 2005 33
4.5 Trade in goods as a percent of GDP, 2004 34
Section 5. Indicators for Large Emerging Economies 35
5.1 World population distribution, 2005 36
5.2 Age composition of the population, 2004 37
5.3 Dependency ratios, 2004 38
5.4 GDP per capita, 2005 39
5.5 GDP per employed person, 1995 and 2004 40
5.6 Labor force participation rates by sex, 2004 41
5.7 Trade in goods as a percent of GDP, 2004 42
Appendix. Definitions, Sources, and Methods A1
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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