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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.

European Association of Labour Economists: - Newsletter, and membership and conference information.

How the United States Government Measures Unemployment: - Bureau of Labor Statistics report explains methodology, definitions, and seasonal fluctuations.

Inequality.org: - News, information and expertise on the divide in income, wealth and health.

International Labour Organization: - The UN specialized agency which seeks the promotion of social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights.

Introduction to Labor Economics: - The theory of labor supply and demand from a neoclassical economics perspective.

Labor and Employment Statistical Resources on the Web: - A directory of mainly U.S. statistical resources.

Labor Institutes and Research Centers in the World: - A directory maintained by Christian Zimmermann.

Labor Links: - A George Washington University based directory of sites that address general labor economics issues and selected policy issues including affirmative action, child care and welfare reform.




Labour Economics Gateway: - Links to research centers, economists, journals, documents, and data sources.

The labour market - interactive Java applet: Teaching and learning aids on the labour market model. labour market, labor, model, unemployment, applet, interactive, simulation

Losing Work, Moving On: Worker Displacement in International Perspective: - A collection of papers edited by Peter Kuh.

The Low-Wage Labor Market: - A volume of papers prepared at the Urban Institute in 1999.

The Principles of Scientific Management: - Fredrick Winslow Taylor's influential 1911 text on work organization.

• United States Bureau of Labor Statistics

  WebEc Labor and Demographics Resources: - Links of interest to labor economist.

  Workers Compensation Research Institute: - An independent, not-for-profit research organization providing objective information about public policy issues involving workers' compensation systems. disability management, dispute resolution, workers' compensation, workers