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Title Qualitative indicators of labour standards : comparative methods and applications / edited by David Kucera
Published Dordrecht, the Netherlands : Springer, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (v, 296 pages)
Series Social indicators research series ; v. 30
Social indicators research series ; v. 30.
Contents And Overview -- Indicators of Labour Standards: An Overview and Comparison -- Country-level Assessments of Labour Conditions in Emerging Markets: An Approach for Institutional Investors -- Decent Work, Standards and Indicators -- The Quantification of Respect for Selected Core Labour Standards: Towards a Social Development Index? -- Measuring Trade Union Rights by Violations of These Rights -- Taking Labour Laws to the Domestic Dentist: Measuring Countries' Compliance with International Labour Non-discrimination Standards -- Towards an Index of Core Rights Gaps -- Employment Protection in Industrialized Countries: The Case for New Indicators -- Measuring Concealed Rights Violations: The Case of Forced Labour
Summary Recent years have witnessed a rapidly growing interest in the use and construction of "qualitative" indicators of labour standards. Qualitative indicators, while generally having numerical values, are based on such methods as grading by experts, the coding of legislation, and the coding of other textual sources addressing violations of a more de facto nature. Measuring compliance with labour standards is an undertaking intrinsically fraught with difficulty. For there are a number of possible sources of measurement error, both random and non-random, that are unique to such indicators, on top of those that affect qualitative and quantitative indicators alike. The growing use of qualitative indicators of labour standards thus raises a number of questions about comparative methods of construction as well as the appropriateness of particular methods for particular applications. This volume results from a seminar that was organized by the International Labour Office (ILO) to address these and related questions, bringing together experts from the ILO, universities and NGOs
Analysis sociale wetenschappen
social sciences
recht
law
economie
economics
statistiek
statistics
internationaal recht
international law
toegepaste statistiek
applied statistics
Social Sciences (General)
Sociale wetenschappen (algemeen)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes Print version record
Subject Employee rights.
Labor laws and legislation -- Comparative methods
LAW -- Labor & Employment.
Sciences sociales.
Sciences humaines.
Employee rights
Arbeidsverhoudingen.
Standaardisatie.
Economische indicatoren.
Arbeitsbedingungen -- Norm <Normung> -- Sozialer Indikator -- Qualitative Methode -- Aufsatzsammlung.
Norm <Normung> -- Arbeitsbedingungen -- Sozialer Indikator -- Qualitative Methode -- Aufsatzsammlung.
Sozialer Indikator -- Arbeitsbedingungen -- Norm <Normung> -- Qualitative Methode -- Aufsatzsammlung.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781402053108
140205310X
9781402052002
1402052006
6610805059
9786610805051