This page contains useful links to internet sources of information on labor market and related issues. It also has links to policy and research institutions that work on labor market issues, and labor ministries of World Bank client countries and others.
While we hope you find the links below of value, please note that the World Bank is not responsible for the content of non-World Bank websites.
| World Bank |
Labor Market Data & Statistical Sources
World Bank Employment and Inclusive Growth This website is designed to help fill the gap between the awareness of the importance of employment and labor market mobility as engines of development and poverty reduction, and the attention this issue receives in mainstream economic analysis and policy-making.
World Bank Institute - Labor Markets Information on face-to-face courses, workshops and conferences as well as on distance learning courses.
World Bank Labor & Employment Policy Research Working Papers The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues.
| Labor Journals |
British Journal of Industrial Relations, Blackwell Publishers
International Labour Review, International Labour Organization
Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago
Journal of Population Economics, Springer
Labour Economics, Elsevier Science Publishers
Labor Economics Gateway
Labour: Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations, Blackwell Publishers
Monthly Labor Review, US Bureau of Labor Statistics
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Labor Studies Program, Cambridge, USA
| Research Institutions |
Center for Labor Economics, Institute of Industrial Relations, University of California-Berkeley, USA
Center for Labour Market and Social Research, Aarhus Universitet, Aarhus, Denmark
Centre for Employment and Labour Relations Law, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
European Association of Labour Economists (EALE), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
European Trade Union Institute, Brussels, Belgium
Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Institute for Labour Research, University of Essex, Colchester, UK
IZA (Institute for the Study of Labor), Bonn, Germany
ILO Youth Employment Network, Geneva, Switzerland
Japan Institute for Labour Policy & Training, Tokyo, Japan
Korea Labor Institute (KLI), Seoul, South Korea
Rand Institute Labor and Population Program, USA
School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA
Society of Labor Economists (SOLE), Chicago, USA
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, Kalamazoo, USA
| Policy Institutions |
Fédération des Employeurs Européens/Federation of European Employers (FedEE), London, UK
International Labour Organization (ILO), Geneva, Switzerland
ILO Special Action Programme to combat Forced Labour, Geneva, Switzerland
Internation Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington, D.C., USA
International Organization of Employers, Ontario, Canada
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Education, Employment, Labor, and Social Policy, Paris, France

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