Presents the Block-Roberts methodology for measuring labour standards, highlighting its relativism (does not rely on a universal benchmark like ILO Conventions) and its politically feasible benchmark (at least one jurisdiction enacted). Comparing the US with Canada and the EU, resp., determines...

Describes the adjustment procedures used to reconcile national labour force statistics in 26 countries with ILO international standards. Includes statistical tables for the period 1980-1989.

Examines the use of social accounting matrices in development planning.

ILO pub-WEP pub-PREALC pub. Working paper on the consistency of the Social Accounting Matrix (statistical method) based on national accounting statistics used in development planning for basic needs satisfaction in Ecuador - discusses theoretical aspects of this evaluation technique.

Explores methods for estimating the impact of child labour on student learning. Considers various measures of child labour and school performance and examines issues in sample design. Demonstrates the type of results that can be obtained with two multi-country data sets and makes suggestions for...

Describes various methodologies for measuring gender wage differentials and identifies their major advantages and weaknesses.

Paper focuses on censuses and sample surveys as a means of generating the data required for migration analysis.

Refers to discussions at the 2002 International Labour Conference and the 2003 and earlier International Conferences of Labour Statisticians, where the need for a proper definition and measurement chriteria of employment in the informal sector and of informal employment was pointed out.

The working paper presents practical guidelines for those who want to register the characteristic "occupation" in a statistical survey or on administrative records.