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Bureau of Labor Statistics Principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics. Collects, processes, analyzes, and disseminates essential statistical data to the American public, the U.S. Congress, other Federal agencies, State and local governments, business, and labor. http://www.bls.gov/

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

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

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/