Bulletin . 1979 , International comparisons of unemployment

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Introduction = 1
• Chapters 1. The international measurement of unemployment = 4
• Development of international standards = 4
• The U.S. definition = 5
• Sources of unemployment statistics = 5
• Concepts and definitions = 6
• Adjustment to U.S. concepts = 11
• Limitations = 14
• Chapters 2. Unemployment and employment, 1959-77 = 16
• Unemployment = 16
• Employment = 22
• Country developments = 26
• Chapters 3. Unemployment by age and sex = 35
• Teenage unemployment = 36
• Unemployment of older workers = 39
• Unemployment by sex = 40
• Chapters 4. Participation rates and employment-population ratios = 41
• Comparative levels and trends = 41
• Age structure of participation rates = 45
• Cyclical trends in participation = 46
• Chapters 5. Factors contributing to differences in unemployment levels = 48
• Labor force growth = 48
• Labor force composition = 49
• Labor migration = 51
• Seasonality = 54
• Income maintenance arrangements = 55
• Labor market programs = 60
• Factors affecting youth unemployment = 62
• Legal and social factors = 65
• Conclusion = 67
• Charts 1. Unemployment rates, selected years, 1959-76 = 2
• Charts 2. Unemployment rates, 1959-76 = 16
• Charts 3. Annual percent changes in civilian employment, 1960-76 = 23
• Charts 4. United States : Working-age population, labor force, and employment, 1960-76 = 26
• Charts 5. Canada : Working-age population, labor force, and employment, 1960-76 = 27
• Charts 6. Australia : Working-age population, labor force, and employment, 1964-76 = 28
• Charts 7. Japan : Working-age population, labor force, and employment, 1960-76 = 29
• Charts 8. France : Working-age population, labor force, and employment, 1960-76 = 29
• Charts 9. Germany : Working-age population, labor force, and employment, 1960-76 = 30
• Charts 10. Great Britain : Working-age population, labor force, and employment, 1960-76 = 31
• Charts 11. Italy : Working-age population, labor force, and employment, 1960-76 = 32
• Charts 12. Sweden : Working-age population, labor force, and employment, 1961-76 = 33
• Charts 13. Youth unemployment rates, 1968 and 1976 = 38
• Charts 14. Ratio of teenage to adult unemployment rates, 1968 and 1976 = 39
• Charts 15. Age structure of labor force participation rates, 1973 = 45
• Tables
• 1. Official unemployment rates and rates adjusted to U.S. definitions, 1960 and 1976 = 1
• 2. Synopsis of unemployment statistics : Definitions recommended by the International Labour Office and definitions used in 9 countries = 7
• 3. Labor force, employment, and unemployment, 1959-76 = 17
• 4. Average unemployment rates, selected periods, 1959-76 = 20
• 5. Highest and lowest unemployment rates, 1959-76 = 20
• 6. Quarterly unemployment rates, 1970-77 = 21
• 7. Employment growth rates, selected periods, 1959-76 = 22
• 8a. Employment by economic sector, selected years, 1960-76 = 24
• 8b. Percent distribution of employment by economic sector, selected years, 1960-76 = 25
• 9. Sweden : Effect of labor market programs on unemployment, selected years, 1961-76 = 33
• 10. Unemployment rates by age and sex, 1968, 1970, and 1974-76 = 35
• 11. Ratios of teenage to adult unemployment rates, 1968, 1970, and 1974-76 = 37
• 12. Labor force participation rates by sex, 1960-76 = 42
• 13. Employment-population ratios, 1960-76 = 43
• 14. Labor force participation rates by age and sex, 1973 = 44
• 15. Growth rates of population, labor force, and employment, 1960-76 = 49
• 16. Women and teenagers in the labor force, 1960, 1971, 1975, and 1976 = 50
• 17. Foreign workers in Germany, 1960 and 1965-76 = 52
• 18. Estimated number of foreign workers by country of immigration and emigration, 1975 = 53
• 19. Construction industry : Range of indexes of employment, 1965 and 1975 = 54
• 20. Unemployment insurance systems, mid-1975 = 56
• 21. Unemployment benefits as a percent of average earnings, manufacturing workers, mid-1975 = 58
• 22. Percent of 16-to 19-year-olds in educational institutions, all levels, 1966-72 = 64
• Appendixes
• A. International Labour Office definitions = 69
• B. Sources of data and methods of adjustment : Nine countries = 70
• United States = 70
• Canada = 73
• Australia = 77
• Japan = 80
• France = 86
• Germany = 100
• Great Britain = 108
• Italy = 124
• Sweden = 137
• C. Methods of adjustment by age and sex = 147
• D. Adjustment of participation rates and employment-population ratios = 153
• E. European Community labor force surveys = 154
• F. Unemployment rates on a total labor force basis = 157
• Appendix tables
• B-l. Japan : Labor force data adjusted to U.S. concepts, 1959-76 = 86
• B-2. France : Unemployment as recorded by labor force surveys, 1960-76 = 93
• B-3. France : Adjustment of unemployment data from October surveys to U.S. concepts, 1960-66 = 94
• B-4. France : Adjustment of unemployment data from March surveys to U.S. concepts, 1963-76 = 95
• B-5. France : Adjustment of labor force data from October surveys to U.S. concepts, 1960-66 = 97
• B-6. France : Adjustment of labor force data from March surveys to U.S. concepts, 1963-76 = 98
• B-7. France : Labor force and unemployment data before and after adjustment to U.S. concepts, 1959-76 = 99
• B-8. Germany : Statistics on the registered unemployed, 1959-76 = 100
• B-9. Germany : Unemployment according to the Microcensus, 1959-76 = 104
• B-10. Germany : Adjustment of Microcensus unemployment from early-in-month to end-of-month estimate, 1959-62 = 104
• B-l1. Germany : Adjustment ratios using alternative methods = 105
• B-12. Germany : Estimated annual average Microcensus unemployed and unemployment rates based on alternative methods = 106
• B-13. Germany : Labor force data adjusted to U.S. concepts, 1959-76 = 107
• B-14. Great Britain : Derivation of adjustment factors from the 1961 census = 112
• B-15. Great Britain : Derivation of adjustment factors from the 1966 census = 113
• B-16. Great Britain : Derivation of adjustment factors from the 1971 General Household Survey = 113
• B-17. Great Britain : Calculation of the unregistered unemployed, 1959-71 = 122
• B-18. Great Britain : Adjustment of labor force data to U.S. concepts, 1959-76 = 124
• B-19. Italy : Selected results from special labor force surveys, April 1973 and April 1975 = 132
• B-20. Italy : Major results of the January 1977 labor force survey = 132
• B-21. Italy : Calculation of unreported employment, 1959-76 = 135
• B-22. Italy : Labor force data adjusted to U.S. concepts, 1959-76 = 136
• B-23. Sweden : Labor force data adjusted to U.S. concepts, 1961-76 = 139
• C-l. Japan : Labor force and unemployment adjusted to U.S. concepts, by age and sex, 1968 = 148
• C-2. France : Labor force and unemployment adjusted to U.S. concepts, by age and sex, March 1968 = 149
• C-3. Germany : Labor force and unemployment adjusted to U.S. concepts, by age and sex, April 1968 = 150
• C-4. Great Britain : Labor force and unemployment adjusted to U.S. concepts by age and sex, 1971 = 151
• C-5. Sweden : Labor force and unemployment adjusted to U.S. concepts, by age and sex, 1968 = 152
• E-l. Population of the European Community by type of activity, spring 1973 = 156
• F-l. Total labor force(including Armed Forces) and unemployment rates adjusted to U.S. concepts, 1959-76 = 157
• Bibliography = 158