Yearbook of Labour Statistics 1998 57th edition

This weighty tome is the 57th issue of The Yearbook of Labour Statistics published by the International Labour Office. The format is similar to previous years with 31 tables of labour statistics covering 192 countries with prefatory and explanatory matter in English, French and Spanish. Most of the tables cover the ten years from 1988 to 1997, although not every country can provide figures for all those years, in some cases, not many at all! The figures come mostly from the various national statistical services or are taken from official publications. The volume carries the usual warning that the figures...