The Labour Market Library is a curated, living collection of documents and resources focused on labour market statistics and their semantic representation. It serves as a single access point for structured knowledge related to employment, unemployment, labour force, wages, working time, and related indicators — including standards, classifications, and semantically enriched materials.
The library brings together:
• International guidelines and methodological documents on labour statistics
• References to structured, hypertext versions of key documents with semantic markup
• Links to essential external resources (ILO, Eurostat, UNECE, etc.)
The collection currently includes materials from international sources, mostly from ILO. Each item is accompanied by a short annotation and relevant references, helping users understand its context. The library is actively maintained and enriched as part of the Semantic Knowledge Management System in Statistics.
Methodological documents
International organizations
- ILO.2023.Resolution I: Resolution concerning statistics of the informal economy, the 21st ICLS -
- ILO.2023.Resolution II: Resolution to amend the 19th ICLS resolution concerning statistics of work, employment and labour underutilization -
- ILO.2023.Resolution III: Resolution to amend Resolution 16th ICLS concerning the measurement of employment-related income -
- ILO.2020.Public Employment Services and the Future of Work -
- ILO.2018.Guidelines concerning statistics of international labour migration, the 20th ICLS -
- ILO.2018.Report II. Statistics on work relationships, the 20th ICLS -
- ILO.2018.Resolution concerning the methodology for measuring SDG indicator 8.b.1 on youth employment -
- ILO.2018.Resolution I. Resolution concerning statistics on work relationships, the 20th ICLS -
- ILO.2013.Resolution I. Resolution concerning statistics of work, employment and labour underutilization, the 19 ICLS -
- ILO.2008.Resolution I. Resolution concerning the measurement of working time, the 18th ICLS -
- ILO.2003.Guidelines concerning a statistical definition of informal employment, the 17th ICLS -
- ILO.1998.Resolution concerning statistics of occupational injuries (resulting from occupational accidents), the 16th ICLS -
- ILO.1998.Resolution II. Resolution concerning the measurement of employment-related income, the 16th ICLS -
- ILO.1994.C175 - Part-Time Work Convention (No.175) -
- ILO.1993.Resolution concerning statistics of employment in the informal sector, the 15th ICLS -
- ILO.1985.C160 - Labour Statistics Convention (No.160) -
- ILO.1985.R170 - Labour Statistics Recommendation (No.170) -
- ILO.1982.Resolution concerning statistics of the economically active population, employment, unemployment and underemployment, the 13th ICLS -
- ILO.1973.Resolution concerning an integrated system of wages statistics, the 12th ICLS -
- ILO.1970.R135 - Minimum Wage Fixing Recommendation (No.135) -
- ILO.1966.Resolution concerning statistics of labour cost, the 11th ICLS -
- OECD.2023.Handbook on Measuring Digital Platform Employment and Work -
- UNSC.2008.System of National Accounts 2008 (SNA 2008)
Classifiers
International organizations
- ILO.2018.International Classification of Status in Employment (ICSE-2018)
- ILO.2008.International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO-08)
- ILO.1993.International Classification of Status in Employment (ICSE-93)
- ILO.1966.International Standard Classification of Labour Costs
- UIS.2011.International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 2011)
- UIS.1997.International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 1997)
Used external sources
- Eurostat: Labour Market Glossary (more details)
- International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO-88) (more details)
- List of World Health Organization Age Group Codes (more details)
- Minimum wages policy guide (more details)
- OECD Glossary of Statistical Terms (more details)
Useful links
- International Labour Organization (more details)
- Key indicators of the labour market 2015. International Labour Organization (ILO) (more details)
- Labor Force Statistics. International Labor Organization (ILO) (more details)
- Labordoc. ILO's open access institutional repository (more details)
- Labordoc. The ILO Institutional and OA Repository (more details)
- Social Security and Labor. World Bank Statistics (more details)