The Conference Board First Glance: Labor Market Institutions Handbook
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The Conference Board First Glance: Labor Market Institutions Handbook

The Labor Market Institutions Handbook provides a one-stop shop for members to quickly access detailed, country-specific information about labor markets across the globe—and to make cross-country comparisons from reliable sources. The handbook covers 63 countries that account for more than 97 percent of the global economy.

For each country, the handbook contains:

  • Information on the institutional features and policies affecting employers, including:
    • employment protection
    • minimum wage laws
    • collective bargaining
    • employee benefits
    • hours and human rights
    • retirement and tax policies
  • Information on the economic and demographic features of the domestic workforce, such as:
    • gender
    • age
    • occupation
    • industry
    • education level

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