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Entropy and Inequality A comparison of different measures of income and wealth inequality, with a focus on entropy measures. Shows changes in the global disparity of income using these measures. http://poorcity.richcity.org/

European Association of Labour Economists Newsletter, and membership and conference information. http://www.eale.nl/

How the United States Government Measures Unemployment Bureau of Labor Statistics report explains methodology, definitions, and seasonal fluctuations. http://stats.bls.gov/cps/cps_htgm.htm

Inequality.org News, information and expertise on the divide in income, wealth and health. http://www.inequality.org/

International Labour Organization The UN specialized agency which seeks the promotion of social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights. http://www.ilo.org/

Introduction to Labor Economics The theory of labor supply and demand from a neoclassical economics perspective. http://www.oswego.edu/~kane/eco350.htm

Labor and Employment Statistical Resources on the Web A directory of mainly U.S. statistical resources. http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/steclab.html

Labor Institutes and Research Centers in the World A directory maintained by Christian Zimmermann. http://edirc.repec.org/laborecon.html

Labor Links A George Washington University based directory of sites that address general labor economics issues and selected policy issues including affirmative action, child care and welfare reform. http://www.gwu.edu/~labor/resources.html

The labour market - interactive Java applet Features an interactive Java applet with a guided exercise. Designed to familiarize undergraduate students with labor demand, labor supply and unemployment. http://www.fgn.unisg.ch/eurmacro/tutor/labourmarket.html

Losing Work, Moving On: Worker Displacement in International Perspective A collection of papers edited by Peter Kuhn http://www.econ.ucsb.edu/~pjkuhn/DW_Int/DWIndex.html

The Low-Wage Labor Market A volume of papers prepared at the Urban Institute in 1999. http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/lwlm99/index.htm#contents

The Principles of Scientific Management Fredrick Winslow Taylor's influential 1911 text on work organization. http://www.socsci.mcmaster.ca/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/taylor/sciman

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  WebEc Labor and Demographics Resources Links of interest to labor economists http://www.helsinki.fi/WebEc/webecj.html

  Workers Compensation Research Institute An independent, not-for-profit research organization providing objective information about public policy issues involving workers' compensation systems. http://www.wcrinet.org/