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  • LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND UNEMPLOYMENT
    • Comparative Civilian Labor Force Statistics, 10 Countries
    • Comparative Unemployment Rates, 10 Countries
    • Comparative Unemployment Rates, Selected European Union Countries, Unadjusted by BLS
    • Comparative Civilian Labor Force Statistics, 10 Countries: A Visual Essay
    • International Labor Market Comparisons: A Visual Essay
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    • International Comparisons of Hourly Compensation Costs in Manufacturing
    • International Comparisons of Hourly Compensation Costs for Production Workers, Supplementary Tables
    • International Comparisons of Hourly Compensation Costs for All Employees, Supplementary Tables
    • International Comparisons of Hourly Compensation Costs for Production Workers in Manufacturing, 33 Countries or Areas, 22 Manufacturing Industries
  • PRODUCTIVITY AND UNIT LABOR COSTS
    • International Comparisons of Manufacturing Productivity and Unit Labor Cost Trends
    • International Comparisons of Manufacturing Productivity and Unit Labor Cost Trends, Supplementary Tables
  • GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
    • Comparative Real Gross Domestic Product per Capita and per Employed Person, Sixteen Countries
  • CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES
    • Consumer Price Indexes, Sixteen Countries, Unadjusted for Comparability
    • Percent Change in Consumer Price Indexes, Nine Countries, Unadjusted for Comparability
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    • International Comparisons of Harmonized Indexes of Consumer Prices
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    • Labor Costs of Manufacturing Employees in China: An Update to 2003-04
    • Manufacturing Employment and Compensation in China
    • Manufacturing employment in China
  • CHARTBOOKS
    • A Chartbook of International Labor Comparisons: The Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe
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    • Families and Work in Transition in 12 Countries, 1980-2001
    • Providing Comparable International Labor Statistics
    • U.S. Labor Market Performance in International Perspective
    • A Perspective on U.S. and Foreign Compensation Costs in Manufacturing
    • Comparing 50 Years of Labor Productivity in U.S. and Foreign Manufacturing

Comparative Civilian Labor Force Statistics, 10 Countries, 1960-2007

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  • Table 1: Civilian Working Age Population Approximating U.S. Concepts
  • Table 2: Civilian Labor Force, Employment and Unemployment Approximating U.S. Concepts
  • Table 3: Civilian Labor Force, Employment and Unemployment Published by Originating Country
  • Table 4: Civilian Labor Force Participation Rates Approximating U.S. Concepts by Sex
  • Table 5: Civilian Employment-Population Ratios Approximating U.S. Concepts by Sex
  • Table 6: Civilian Employment Approximating U.S. Concepts by Economic Sector
  • Table 7: Percent Distribution of Civilian Employment Approximating U.S. Concepts by Economic Sector
  • Table 8: Civilian Unemployment Rates Approximating U.S. Concepts by Sex
  • Table 9: Civilian Unemployment Rates Approximating U.S. Concepts by Age
  • Table 10: Percent of Women in the Civilian Labor Force

 

Last Modified Date: April 18, 2008

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