Tool Name

LABORSTA

Author

International Labour Organization

Use It Because

LABORSTA provides free access to yearly statistics of employment, unemployment, hours of work, wages, labour cost, consumer price indices, occupational injuries, strikes and lockouts from 1969-2000; monthly statistics of employment, unemployment, hours of work, wages, consumer price indices from 1976-2002 and "October Inquiry" statistics of wages and hours of work in 159 occupations from 1983-2000 and retail prices of 93 food items from 1985-2000.

What is it?

Searchable Database

What does it give you?

Tables, Downloadable Files

Format

Web Site

Accessed Data

Aggregate/Summary Data

Data Documentation

included with each table

Data Documentation Contents

detailed descriptions of attributes and original source

Program Help

select the "Help" button on any page within the database

User can

View, Print & Download

What Formats Can Work Be Saved In?

text:csv

Best Feature(s)

Access to time series from 1969 to the present, where available.

 

The online display highlights in a clearly differentt color any years for which statistics are not strictly comparable as you can see in this example: