Labor Data
- Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics: Employment, Earnings, Prices, Productivity, and Other Labor Data2011 Edition online via eBrary.
- Domestic Workers Across the World: Global and Regional Statistics and the Extent of Legal ProtectionProduced by the International Labor Office (ILO), 2013. Available online via eBrary.
- Global Employment Trends 2013: Recovering from a Second Jobs DipProduced by the International Labour Office (ILO) 2013. Available online via eBrary.
Economic Data:
- NBER Public Use Data ArchiveNBER, the National Bureau of Economic Research, "is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to promoting a greater understanding of how the economy works." The Data Archive includes a wide range of (primarily historic) data sets, on topics such as wages, CMS Medicare provider data, and management practices. The Data section also includes instructions on Reading large datasets into Access or Excel.
- Mergent Online: Economic Time Series SearchData sets are available for topics such as Debt Outstanding by Sector, Consumer and Producer Price Indexes, and indicators for Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Japan, and the U.K.. Please LOG OUT when finished.
- The Conference Board: Total Economy Database (TED)"The Conference Board is a global, independent business membership and research association working in the public interest." The Board is frequently cited in the news due to its consumer confidence index. TED, the Total Economy Database is self described as a "macroeconomic time series on global output, input, and productivity for over 100 countries." It includes "annual data covering GDP, population, employment, hours, labor quality, capital services, labor productivity, and total factor productivity for about 123 countries in the world."
- OECD iLibrary This link opens in a new windowThe OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) includes 34 member countries, and produces a wide variety of publications, covering any aspect of a country which could influence its economy. There is a section devoted just to statistics. Note: Sawyer Library does not have access to the IEA (International Energy Agency) statistics.
