Labour Law - Data Collection Overview
Full name | WageIndicator Labour Law Database |
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Aims | WageIndicator aims to collect information about national Labour Law, in text and coded for 51 topics |
Data used for... | - Publishing information about the national Labour Law on the WageIndicator website. - Generating indicators used in the Decent Work Survey - Generating the Bi-Annual Labour Rights Index |
Countries covered | |
Languages | Wageindicator website have pages regarding the national Labour Law in the national language. |
Data collection method | Desk research |
Data time frame | 2013 - ongoing |
Data updating policy | Annually |
Sampling Frame | National labour laws published on governmental websites |
Nr. of Observations | 122 countries |
Data archive | Pieces of the dataset are available via Zenodo. For full access to the dataset for research or other purposes, please contact us. |
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DOI code | DOI 10.5281/zenodo.12622551 |
Data visuals | |
Codebook/manual | Access the codebook: Ahmad, I,. Ceccon, D,. & Tijdens, K.G. (2026). Labour Law Database Codebook and explanatory note. Amsterdam, WageIndicator Foundation |
Long list variables | - |
Formats | Web pages and Surveys |
Citation | Ahmad, I,. Ceccon, D,. & Tijdens, K.G. (2026). Labour Law Database Codebook and explanatory note. Amsterdam, WageIndicator Foundation |