Labour Force Statistics 1982-2002

This annual edition of Labour Force Statistics provides detailed statistics on population, labour force, employment and unemployment, broken down by gender, as well as unemployment duration, employment status, employment by sector of activity and  part-time employment. It also contains participation and unemployment rates by gender and detailed age groups as well as comparative tables for the main components of the labour force. Data are available for each OECD member country and for OECD-Total, euro area and EU15. The time series presented in the publication cover more than 20 years for most countries. It also provides information on the sources and definitions used by member countries in the compilation of statistics.  FURTHER READING Quarterly Labour Force Statistics provides the most recent statistics on the short-term evolution of the major components of labour force and employment by sector. It covers twenty-three countries that compile these statistics on a monthly or quarterly basis.