Thursday, January 31, 2008
Tweet[IWS] OECD: UNIT LABOR COSTS SLOW for MAJOR OECD ECONOMIES (except ITALY) [31 January 2008]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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Paris, 31 January 2008
News Release
Unit labour cost growth slows for most major OECD economies in the third quarter of 2007
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/25/47/39999631.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]
[excerpt]
Unit labour costs (ULC) in industry fell for most major OECD economies in the third quarter of 2007. In France, Germany, Japan and the United States they declined more than in the second quarter. Italy is the only G7 economy where ULC grew appreciably in the third quarter of 2007 (0.8%), although there as well they slowed, from the 1.1% increase recorded in the previous quarter.
AND MUCH MORE....
See also
http://www.oecd.org/document/33/0,3343,en_2649_201185_39999713_1_1_1_1,00.html
and
for ACTUAL DATA
Dataset: Unit Labour Cost - Quarterly indicators
http://stats.oecd.org/WBOS/default.aspx?DatasetCode=ULC_QUA
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
Paris, 31 January 2008
News Release
Unit labour cost growth slows for most major OECD economies in the third quarter of 2007
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/25/47/39999631.pdf
[full-text, 4 pages]
[excerpt]
Unit labour costs (ULC) in industry fell for most major OECD economies in the third quarter of 2007. In France, Germany, Japan and the United States they declined more than in the second quarter. Italy is the only G7 economy where ULC grew appreciably in the third quarter of 2007 (0.8%), although there as well they slowed, from the 1.1% increase recorded in the previous quarter.
AND MUCH MORE....
See also
http://www.oecd.org/document/33/0,3343,en_2649_201185_39999713_1_1_1_1,00.html
and
for ACTUAL DATA
Dataset: Unit Labour Cost - Quarterly indicators
http://stats.oecd.org/WBOS/default.aspx?DatasetCode=ULC_QUA
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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