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Database Specific Abstract AbstractThe Trade in employment (TiM) database is a collection of labour market indicators designed to provide additional insights into global production networks and supply chains and complement Trade in Value Added (TiVA) indicators (http://oe.cd/tiva).
Estimates of employment or compensation of employees embodied in foreign final demand (or in gross exports) can reveal the extent to which a country's workforce depends on its integration into the global economy.
The TiM database includes indicators based on employment and compensation of employees for more than 50 economies (including all European Union, OECD and G20 member countries, and most East and Southeast Asian economies), as well as region aggregates. The time period covered is 1995-2020.
Indicators are available for 45 individual industries based on ISIC Rev.4 and presented in a hierarchy.
TiM indicators are calculated using the 2023 edition of the OECD's Inter-Country Input-Output (ICIO) Tables (see http://oe.cd/icio) together with recent estimates of employment and of employees' compensation by industrial activity from official sources.
Data Characteristics Data Characteristics Contact person Contact personUsers are encouraged to send their comments and questions or to signal any apparent errors regarding the TiM database to stan.contact@oecd.org, mentioning Trade in employment in the title of their message.
Date last updated Date last updatedJanuary 2024
Unit of measure used Unit of measure used• In case of employmen, thousands of number of persons, or jobs, depending on the countries.
• Percent, in case of shares.
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The Trade in employment (TiM) database is a collection of labour market indicators designed to provide additional insights into global production networks and supply chains and complement Trade in Value Added (TiVA) indicators (http://oe.cd/tiva).
Estimates of employment or compensation of employees embodied in foreign final demand (or in gross exports) can reveal the extent to which a country's workforce depends on its integration into the global economy.
The TiM database includes indicators based on employment and compensation of employees for more than 50 economies (including all European Union, OECD and G20 member countries, and most East and Southeast Asian economies), as well as region aggregates. The time period covered is 1995-2020.
Indicators are available for 45 individual industries based on ISIC Rev.4 and presented in a hierarchy.
TiM indicators are calculated using the 2023 edition of the OECD's Inter-Country Input-Output (ICIO) Tables (see http://oe.cd/icio) together with recent estimates of employment and of employees' compensation by industrial activity from official sources.
• In case of employmen, thousands of number of persons, or jobs, depending on the countries.
• Percent, in case of shares.
January 2024
Users are encouraged to send their comments and questions or to signal any apparent errors regarding the TiM database to stan.contact@oecd.org, mentioning Trade in employment in the title of their message.
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