Will COVID-19 impair the availability and quality of labour statistics?
The pandemic is radically impacting our lives. But what about the statistics used to assess those impacts? Without timely and accurate information, we will not act through adequate and informed policies. Though numbers should focus on the health of the population, we also need to understand what is happening in the domain of labour statistics. That is, how is COVID-19 affecting our working lives? What is less obvious, however, is that the pandemic is also affecting our ability to compile such statistics.
Essential labour force survey content and treatment of special groups
International standards are still sound reference, but due to this unprecedented pandemic, this note provides guidance to data producers to maintain labour force survey (LFS) operations. It highlights the range of topics to prioritize in national LFS and suggested clarifications to support consistent treatment of special cases becoming more prevalent, such as job absences of uncertain duration, business closures, and overall reduced job search activity.
COVID-19: are there enough health workers?
As the COVID-19 crisis puts pressure on health services across the globe, ILOSTAT data highlights the already existing shortages of health workers.
COVID-19
This page discusses the impact of the pandemic on labour markets and the collection of labour statistics. It features guidance for data producers.
“I am Generation Equality”: ideals versus reality in Asia and the Pacific’s labour markets
In 1995, an ambitious and progressive plan to improve empowerment of all women and girls globally was developed at the historic Fourth World Conference on Women. Since then, a new generation of women workers have become eligible to enter the workforce; but have they been able to find equal work and pay?
Guidebook on how and why to collect and use data on industrial relations
This guidebook is intended to support ILO’s tripartite constituents in the collection of data on industrial relations, including on trade union membership, on the coverage of collective bargaining agreements and on strikes and lockouts.
These occupations are dominated by women
What do girls and boys dream of doing when they grow up? Occupations like firefighter, astronaut, doctor and pilot might top the list, but what’s the reality?
Having kids sets back women’s labour force participation more so than getting married
Around the world, gendered social norms continue to shape women’s and men’s participation in the labour market, new data by household composition show.
Gender Equality and Non-Discrimination Indicators (GEND database)
Concise description of concepts and definitions, uses, sources and limitations for indicators by household type, including presence and number of children.
258 million workers in the world are over-educated for their jobs
More than 935 million workers in the world have jobs that don’t match their educational level: 72% of them (677 million) are under-educated for their jobs, while the remaining 28% (258 million) are over-educated. This new data in ILOSTAT covers 114 countries, which means that the actual global figures are probably much higher.