The Short-Term Labour Market Statistics dataset contains predominantly quarterly labour statistics, and associated statistical methodological information, for the 38 OECD member countries and selected other economies. The Short-Term Labour Market Statistics dataset covers countries that compile labour statistics from sample household surveys on a monthly or quarterly basis. It is widely accepted that household surveys are the best source for labour market key statistics. In such surveys, information is collected from people living in households through a representative sample and the surveys are based on standard methodology and procedures used internationally. The subjects available cover: working age population by age; active and inactive labour force by age; employment by economic activity, by working time and by status; and, unemployment (including monthly unemployment) by age and by duration. Data is expressed in levels (thousands of persons) or rates (e.g. employment rate) where applicable.
Data are based on Labour Force Surveys and national information in this dataset is directly collected from the following sources:
ABS - Australian Bureau of Statistics (Australia)
Statistics Canada (Canada)
INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas (Chile)
DANE - Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (Colombia)
INEC – Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Censos (Costa Rica)
CBS – Central Bureau of Statistics (Israel)
Statistics Bureau (Japan)
Statistics Korea (Korea)
INEGI - Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Geografía (Mexico)
Statistics New Zealand (New Zealand)
ONS - Office for National Statistics (the United Kingdom)
BLS - Bureau of Labor Statistics (the United States)
Eurostat (Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey).
Annual data are typically averages of quarterly data.