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A Chartbook of International Labor Comparisons: United States, Europe, and Asia

U.S. Department of Labor
Elaine L. Chao, Secretary
May 2003


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Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface

Section 1: Gross Domestic Product Per Capita
1. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita, 2000
2. Average annual rates of growth in real GDP per capita, 1990-2000

Section 2: Labor Market Indicators
3. Average annual rates of growth in the labor force, 1990-2001
4. Labor force participation rates by sex, 2001
5. Labor force participation rates by age, 2001
6. Average annual rates of growth in employment, 1990-2001
7. Employment as a percent of the working-age population, 2001
8. Average annual rates of growth in full-time and part-time employment, 1990-2000
9. Unemployment rates, 2001
10. Persons unemployed one year or longer, 2001
11. Ratio of unemployment rate of persons without high school degrees to that of persons with college or university degrees,1999

Section 3: Competitiveness Indicators for Manufacturing
12. Hourly compensation costs, 2001
13. Average annual rates of growth in hourly compensation costs, 1990-1995 and 1995-2001
14. Social insurance expenditures and other labor taxes as a percent of hourly compensation costs, 2001
15. Average annual rates of growth in manufacturing productivity, 1990-2001
16. Average annual rates of growth in manufacturing productivity, 1990-1995 and 1995-2001
17. Average annual rates of growth in manufacturing productivity, output, and hours worked, 1990-2001
18. Average annual rates of growth in manufacturing unit labor costs, 1990-2001

Section 4: Other Indicators
19. Annual hours worked per employed person, 1990 and 2001
20. Public expenditures on labor market programs as a percent of GDP, selected years 1999-2001
21. Labor and product market flexibility measures, late 1990s
22. Total taxes on labor as a percent of GDP, 2000

Appendix: Sources and Methods

 



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