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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.

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.

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

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 economists

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