Labour Law - Data Collection Overview

 General Database Information

Full name

WageIndicator Labour Law Database

Aims

WageIndicator aims to collect information about national Labour Law, in text and coded for 50 topics

Data used for...

  • Publishing information about the national Labour Law on the national WageIndicator websites and on the home page of WageIndicator
  • Generating indicators used in the Decent Work Survey
  • Generating the Annual Labour Rights Index

Countries covered

135 countries

Languages

All national websites have pages regarding the national Labour Law in the national language and in English.

Data collection method

Desk research

Data time frame

2012 - ongoing

Data updating policy

Annually

Sampling Frame

National labour laws published on governmental websites

Nr. of Observations

135 countries

Data Access

Data archive

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DOI code

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Data visuals

WageIndicator Data Visuals

Codebook/manual

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Long list variables

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Formats

Web pages and PDF

Citation

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