A Chartbook Of International Labor Comparisons: The Americas, Asia, Europe

Report: A Chartbook Of International Labor Comparisons: The Americas, Asia, Europe — June 2006

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Foreword
Preface

Section 1. Gross Domestic Product Per Capita

1.1 - Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita, 2004
1.2 - Average annual growth rates in real GDP per capita, 1994-2004

Section 2. Labor Market Indicators

2.1 - Size of the labor force, 2004
2.2 - Average annual growth rates in the labor force, 1994-2004
2.3 - Labor force participation by sex, 2004
2.4 - Labor force participation rates by age, 2004 for youth and older workers
2.5 - Employment as a percent of the working-age population, 2004
2.6 - Average annual growth rates in employment, 1994-2004
2.7 - Average annual growth rates in full-time and part-time employment, 1994-2004
2.8 - Annual hours worked per employed person, 1994 and 2004
2.9 - Unemployment rates, 2004
2.10 - Youth unemployment rates, 2004
2.11 - Ratio of youth to adult unemployment rates, 2004
2.12 - Persons unemployed one year or longer, 2004 as a percent of total unemployment
2.13 - Ratio of unemployment rate of persons without high school degrees to that of persons with college or university degrees, 2003
2.14 - Educational attainment of the adult population, 2003 by highest level of education attained

Section 3. Competitiveness Indicators for Manufacturing

3.1 - Hourly compensation costs, 2004
3.2 - Average annual growth rates in hourly compensation costs, 1994-2004
3.3 - Employer social insurance expenditures and other labor taxes as a percent of hourly compensation costs, 2004
3.4 - Average annual growth rates in manufacturing productivity, 1994-2004
3.5 - Average annual growth rates in manufacturing output and hours worked,
1994-2004
3.6 - Average annual growth rates in manufacturing unit labor costs, 1994-2004

Section 4. Other Economic Indicators

4.1 - Public expenditures on labor market programs as a percent of GDP,
2003-04
4.2 - Measures of regulation on labor and product markets
4.3 - Share of labor costs taken by tax and social security contributions, 2004
4.4 - Dependency ratios, 2004
4.5 - Trade in goods as a percent of GDP, 2003

Section 5. Indicators for Large Emerging Economies

5.1 - World population distribution, 2004
5.2 - Age composition of the population, 2003
5.3 - Dependency ratios, 2003
5.4 - GDP per capita, 2004
5.5 - GDP per employed person, 1994 and 2003
5.6 - Labor force participation rates by sex, 2003
5.7 - Trade in goods as a percent of GDP, 2003

Appendix A - Definitions, Sources, and Methods - Introduction

Gross Domestic Product (charts 1.1, 1.2, 5.4, 5.5)
Labor market indicators (charts 2.1-2.14)
Competitiveness indicators for manufacturing (charts 3.1-3.6)
Public expenditures on labor market programs as a percent of GDP (chart 4.1)
Measures of regulation on labor and product markets (chart 4.2)
Share of labor costs taken by tax and social security contributions (chart 4.3)
Population (charts 4.4, 5.1-5.3)
Trade in goods as a percent of GDP (charts 4.5 and 5.7)