Research Catalog

Title

Statistics for emerging labour markets in transition economies : a technical guide on sources, methods, classifications and policies / Igor Chernyshev, with a contribution by Guy Standing.

Author

Chernyshev, Igor.

Publication

New York : St. Martin's Press, 1997.

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Additional Authors

Standing, Guy.

Description

xv, 171 pages; 23 cm

Summary

• This publication is a comprehensive guide to the vital process of restructuring labour statistics in transition economies.
• The methods of data collection and usage prior to glasnost in planned economies are described in order to put the reform process into historical context. The book provides the authoritative guide to the subsequent process of change, documenting the results achieved so far in twenty-five transition economies and the ILO's role in this transformation - drawing on the expertise of the practitioners.
• It outlines the major statistical challenges ahead and the further work needed to bring the world of figures abreast with the new realities of the fast changing world of work.

Subjects

• Manpower policy > Former Soviet republics
• Labor supply > Europe, Eastern > Statistics
• Labor supply > Former Soviet republics > Statistics
• Manpower policy > Europe, Eastern

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.

Contents

Foreword / Farhad Mehran -- 1. Statistics Before and After the Transition Period -- 2. Restructuring of Labour Statistics -- 3. Labour Market Policies: Reconstructing Statistics -- 4. Current Status of Labour Statistics in Transition Countries -- Appendix 1. Labour Force Survey: Methodological Descriptions -- Appendix 2. Labour Force Survey Questionnaires Used.

ISBN

0312176201 (cloth)

LCCN

97013477

OCLC

ocm36672161

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries