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Labour statistics: The boundaries and diversity of work
Author(s) -
Bollé Patrick
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international labour review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.433
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1564-913X
pISSN - 0020-7780
DOI - 10.1111/j.1564-913x.2009.00055.x
Subject(s) - work (physics) , diversity (politics) , child labour , domestic work , working time , sociology , labour economics , paid work , working hours , public relations , political science , economics , engineering , mechanical engineering , anthropology
. The 18th International Conference of Labour Statisticians was convened at the end of 2008. Its agenda featured, inter alia, the measurement of working time, child labour, decent work, labour underutilization and volunteer work. Here, the author reports on conceptual and definitional innovations in these areas, especially in regard to the boundaries of the concept of work. One such innovation – particularly useful for the measurement of working time and child labour – is a move to take account of domestic work and volunteer work for households.