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

Report: A Chartbook Of International Labor Comparisons: The Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe — January 2008

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Foreword
Preface

Section 1. Gross Domestic Product Per Capita

1.1 - Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita, 2006
1.2 - Average annual growth rates for real GDP per capita, 1996-2006

Section 2. Labor Market Indicators

2.1 - Size of the labor force, 2006
2.2 - Average annual growth rates for the labor force, 1996-2006
2.3 - Labor force participation rates by sex, 2006
2.4 - Labor force participation rates for youth, 2006
2.5 - Labor force participation rates for older workers, 2006
2.6 - Employment as a percent of the working-age population, 2006
2.7 - Average annual growth rates for employment, 1996-2006
2.8 - Average annual growth rates for full-time and part-time employment, 1996-2006
2.9 - Annual hours worked per employed person, 1996 and 2006
2.10 - Unemployment rates, 2006
2.11 - Unemployment rates for youth, 2006
2.12 - Ratio of youth to adult unemployment rates, 2006
2.13 - Persons unemployed one year or longer, 2006
2.14 - Ratio of unemployment rate of persons without high school degrees to that of persons with college or university degrees, 2005
2.15 - Educational attainment of the adult population, 2005

Section 3. Competitiveness Indicators for Manufacturing

3.1 - Hourly compensation costs, 2005
3.2 - Average annual growth rates for hourly compensation costs, 1995-2005
3.3 - Employer social insurance expenditures and other labor taxes as a percent of hourly compensation costs, 2005
3.4 - Average annual growth rates for manufacturing productivity, 1996-2006
3.5 - Average annual growth rates for manufacturing output and hours worked, 1996-2006
3.6 - Average annual growth rates for manufacturing unit labor costs, 1996-2006
3.7 - Manufacturing output as a percent of world manufacturing output, 2006

Section 4. Other Economic Indicators

4.1 - Public expenditures on labor market programs as a percent of GDP, 2005-06
4.2 - Measures of regulation on labor and product markets, 2003
4.3 - Share of labor costs taken by tax and social security contributions, 2006
4.4 - Dependency ratios, 2005 and projections to 2025
4.5 - Trade in goods as a percent of GDP, 2005

Section 5. Indicators for Large Emerging Economies

5.1 - World population distribution, 2005
5.2 - Age composition of the population, 2005
5.3 - Dependency ratios, 2005 and projections to 2025
5.4 - GDP per capita, 2005
5.5 - GDP per employed person, 1996 and 2005
5.6 - Labor force participation rates by age, 2006
5.7 - Employment as a percent of the working-age population by sex, 2006
5.8 - Trade in goods as a percent of GDP, 2005
5.9 - Manufacturing output as a percent of world manufacturing output, 2006

Section 6. Disability Indicators

6.1 - Persons with disabilities as a percent of the working-age population
6.2 - Employment as a percent of the working-age population
6.3 - Persons receiving disability benefits as a percent of the working-age population, 1990 and 1999
6.4 - Labor market status of persons receiving disability benefits

Appendix - Definitions, Sources, and Methods

Gross Domestic Product (charts 1.1, 1.2, 5.4, 5.5)
Labor market indicators (charts 2.1-2.15, 5.6-5.7)
Competitiveness indicators for manufacturing (charts 3.1-3.7 and 5.9)
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 5.8)
Disability indicators (charts 6.1 - 6.4)