Global employment trends 2011 : the challenge of a jobs recovery.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

International Labour Office, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

International Labour Organization.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor market.

Labor market--Statistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (110 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Geneva : International Labour Office, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The annual Global Employment Trends (GET) report provides the latest global and regional estimates of employment and unemployment, employment by sector, vulnerable employment, labour productivity and working poverty, while also analysing country-level issues and trends in the labour market. Taking into account macroeconomic trends and forecasts, the GET includes a short-term outlook for labour markets around the world.

Contents:

Cover; Title page; Copyright information; CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Key findings; 1 Macroeconomic context for growth and employment; 2 Global employment situation; Employment; Unemployment; Labour force participation; Labour productivity and real wages; Employment by sector; Vulnerable employment and working poverty; 3 Regional economic and labour market developments; Developed Economies and European Union; Central and South-Eastern Europe (non-EU) and CIS; Latin America and the Caribbean; East Asia; South-East Asia and the Pacific; South Asia; Middle East; North Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa

4 ConclusionsAnnex 1 Global and regional tables; Annex 2 Projections; Annex 3 Regional figures; Annex 4 Note on global and regional estimates; Annex 5 Note on global and regional projections; Tables; Table 1 Impact: Country classification with respect to the percentage point change in unemployment rate and percentage change in GDP, for the crisis period; Table 2 Recovery: Country classification with respect to the percentage point change in unemploymentrate and percentage change in GDP, for the recovery period

Table 3 Working poverty rates at US 1.25 and US 2 levels, selected countries in South AsiaTable A1 Annual real GDP growth rates, world and regions (%); Table A2 Unemployment rate by sex, world and regions (%); Table A3 Unemployment rate for youth and adults, world and regions (%); Table A3 Unemployment rate for youth and adults, world and regions (%) (cont.); Table A4 Unemployment in the world (millions); Table A5 Employment-to-population rate by sex, world and regions (%); Table A5 Employment-to-population rate by sex, world and regions (%) (cont.)

Table A6 Annual employment growth, world and regions (%)Table A7 Output per worker, level and annual growth; Table A8 Labour force participation rate by sex, world and regions (%); Table A8 Labour force participation rate by sex, world and regions (%) (cont.); Table A9 Labour force participation rate for adults and youth, world and regions (%); Table A10 Employment shares by sector and sex, world and regions (%); Table A11 Employment by sector and sex, world and regions (millions); Table A12 Vulnerable employment shares by sex, world and regions (%)

Table A13 Vulnerable employment by sex, world and regions (millions)Table A14a Working poor indicators, world and regions (US 1.25 a day); Table A14b Working poor indicators, world and regions (US 2 a day); Table P1 Unemployment 2007-11 (rates); Table P2. Unemployment 2007-11 (numbers of people); Figures; Figure 1 Quarterly economic growth rates and number of economies in economic contraction,Q1 2007-Q4 2010; Figure 2 Number of countries with rising/falling employment-to-population ratios (change versus same quarter prior year), Q1 2007-Q2 2010

Figure 3 Global trends and projections in GDP growth, consumption, investment, trade and unemployment, 2007-11

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

92-2-124546-2

OCLC:

757261153