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 Bi-Annual Labour Rights Index
Countries covered	153 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	2013 - ongoing
Data updating policy	Annually
Sampling Frame	National labour laws published on governmental websites
Nr. of Observations	153 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.
DOI code	DOI 10.5281/zenodo.12622551
Data visuals	WageIndicator Data Visuals
Codebook/manual	Access the codebook: Ahmad, I,. Ceccon, D,. & Tijdens, K.G. (2024). Labour Law Database Codebook and explanatory note. Amsterdam, WageIndicator Foundation
Long list variables	-
Formats	Web pages, Excel, PDF and Surveys
Citation	Ahmad, I,. Ceccon, D,. & Tijdens, K.G. (2024). Labour Law Database Codebook and explanatory note. Amsterdam, WageIndicator Foundation