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The labor concept & therelated indicators

Part 2

Concepts

Produced in Collaboration between World Bank Institute and the Development Data Group (DECDG)

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Labor Concepts and Indicators

Core concepts and their indicators

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1. Labor Force2. Employment3. Unemployment4. Underemployment5. Labor Supply6. Earnings7. Cost of labor8. Employment output

elasticity

9. Education10. Poverty11. Quality of work12. Unionization13. Vulnerability14. Child labor

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Labor Concepts and Indicators

1. Labor Force

• Total economic population

• Labor force participation rate

• Inactivity rate

• Working age population

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Labor Concepts and Indicators2. Employment

• Total employment

• Total paid employment

• Employment to population ratio

• Status in employment

• Employment by sector

• Part-time workers

• Employment in the informal sector

• Employment in the agricultural informal sector.

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Labor Concepts and Indicators

2. Employment (continued)

• Activity rate

• Wage and salaried worker population rate

• Overall employment

• Employment in large firms

• Employment in medium and small firms

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Labor Concepts and Indicators

3. Unemployment

• Total unemployment

• Number of unemployed

• Youth unemployment

• Unemployment rate

• Discouraged workers

• Duration of unemployment

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Labor Concepts and Indicators

4. Underemployment

• Time related underemployment

• Inactivity rate

• Visible underemployment rate

• Invisible underemployment

• Global underemployment rate

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Labor Concepts and Indicators

5. Labor supply

• Number of hours worked

• Multi-activity rate

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Labor Concepts and Indicators

6. Earnings

• Wages

• Manufacturing wage indices

• Occupational wage indices

• Hourly compensation cost

• Monthly earnings in the formal sector

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Labor Concepts and Indicators

7. Cost of labor

• Cost of labor in manufacturing

• Labor productivity and

unit labor costs

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Labor Concepts and Indicators

8. Employment output elasticity• Employment elasticity

9. Education

• Educational attainment

• Level of education of working

age population

• Literacy

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Labor Concepts and Indicators

10. Poverty

• Head count index

• Number of working poor

• Poverty gap

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Labor Concepts and Indicators

11. Quality of work (employees only)

• Have a permanent job

• Receive a payment slip

• Have a work contract

• Receive social security

• Receive paid holidays

• Receive on the job training

• Receive job promotions

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Labor Concepts and Indicators

12. Unionization• Proportion unionized

13. Vulnerability• Dependency rate

14. Child labor

Source: Wikipedia

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Resources

• http://laborsta.ilo.org/ -- ILO Labor Statistics Data Base

• http://kilm.ilo.org/KILMnetBeta/default2.asp --

ILO Key Indicators of the Labor Market (KILM)

• http://www.ihsn.org/home/ -- International Household Survey Network

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Additional Materials

• Matrix: Overview of Formal and Informal Units / Employment and Non-Market Activities

• Core Concepts matrix

• Main indicators – definitions, uses, users