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Indicator description: International labour migration statistics

Introduction The ILOSTAT database on International Labour Migration Statistics (ILMS) is a set of indicators describing the number and profile of international migrant workers, their situation in the labour market and employment patterns, their main origin and destination countries and the magnitude of inward and outward migration flows. Concepts and definitions According the ILO Guidelines …

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Indicator description: Volunteer work

Introduction Volunteer work covers a wide range of unpaid activities performed by individuals to help others, to contribute to their communities, the environment, and to support different organizations. Available national data shows that people in all regions and from a wide range of social, cultural and economic backgrounds engage in volunteer work. Volunteer work helps …

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Indicator description: Household type

Introduction The ILO and UN-Women joined forces to produce a new international database with novel indicators which allow us to study the impact of family life on labour market participation. In particular, the data show how the labour force participation of women and men aged 25 to 54 varies according to whether they live alone, …

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Indicator description: Unemployment rate

Introduction The unemployment rate is probably the best-known labour market measure and certainly one of the most widely quoted by media in many countries. The unemployment rate is a useful measure of the underutilization of the labour supply. It reflects the inability of an economy to generate employment for those persons who want to work …

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Indicator description: Time-related underemployment rate

Introduction The time-related underemployment rate is a measure of labour underutilization that provides information regarding the share of employed persons who are willing and available to increase their working time (for production within the SNA production boundary) and worked fewer hours than a specified time threshold during the reference period. It signals inadequate employment and …

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Indicator description: Employment by status in employment

Introduction This indicator provides information on how people’s jobs are classified based on the associated type of economic risk and the type of authority of job incumbents over establishments and other workers. ILOSTAT contains statistics from national sources on employment by status in employment, also disaggregated by sex, available using both aggregate and detailed categories …

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Indicator description: Labour productivity

Introduction Labour productivity is an important economic indicator that is closely linked to economic growth, competitiveness, and living standards. Labour productivity represents the total volume of output (measured in terms of Gross Domestic Product, GDP) produced per unit of labour (measured in terms of the number of employed persons) during a given time reference period. …

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Indicator description: Employment by occupation

Introduction This indicator provides information on the distribution of employment across different occupations. Having detailed statistics on employment by occupation also disaggregated by sex allows for the calculation of the proportion of women in managerial positions, which was included as one of the indicators to measure progress towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals …

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Indicator description: Share of youth not in employment, education or training (youth NEET rate)

Introduction The share of youth not in education, employment or training (also known as “the NEET rate”) conveys the number of young persons not in education, employment or training as a percentage of the total youth population. It provides a measure of youth who are outside the educational system, not in training and not in …

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Indicator description: Labour force participation rate

Introduction The labour force participation rate is a measure of the proportion of a country’s working-age population that engages actively in the labour market, either by working or looking for work; it provides an indication of the size of the supply of labour available to engage in the production of goods and services, relative to …

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