Web Directory

» Bureau of Labor Statistics
   Principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics. Collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates essential statistical data to the American public, the U.S. Congress, other Federal agencies, St
   http://www.bls.gov/

» Entropy and Inequality
   A comparison of different measures of income and wealth inequality, with a focus on entropy measures. Shows changes in the global disparity of income using these measures.
   http://poorcity.richcity.org/

» European Association of Labour Economists
   Newsletter, and membership and conference information.
   http://www.eale.nl/

» How the United States Government Measures Unemployment
   Bureau of Labor Statistics report explains methodology, definitions, and seasonal fluctuations.
   http://stats.bls.gov/cps/cps_htgm.htm

» Inequality.org
   News, information and expertise on the divide in income, wealth and health.
   http://www.inequality.org/

» International Labour Organization
   The UN specialized agency which seeks the promotion of social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights.
   http://www.ilo.org/

» Introduction to Labor Economics
   The theory of labor supply and demand from a neoclassical economics perspective.
   http://www.oswego.edu/~kane/eco350.htm

» Labor Institutes and Research Centers in the World
   A directory maintained by Christian Zimmermann.
   http://edirc.repec.org/laborecon.html

» Labor and Employment Statistical Resources on the Web
   A directory of mainly U.S. statistical resources.
   http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/steclab.html

» Losing Work, Moving On: Worker Displacement in International Perspective
   A collection of papers edited by Peter Kuhn
   http://www.econ.ucsb.edu/~pjkuhn/DW_Int/DWIndex.html

» The Low-Wage Labor Market
   A volume of papers prepared at the Urban Institute in 1999.
   http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/lwlm99/index.htm#contents

» The labour market - interactive Java applet
   Features an interactive Java applet with a guided exercise. Designed to familiarize undergraduate students with labor demand, labor supply and unemployment.
   http://www.fgn.unisg.ch/eurmacro/tutor/labourmarket.html

» WebEc Labor and Demographics Resources
   Links of interest to labor economists
   http://www.helsinki.fi/WebEc/webecj.html

» Workers Compensation Research Institute
   An independent, not-for-profit research organization providing objective information about public policy issues involving workers' compensation systems.
   http://www.wcrinet.org/