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Labor > Background

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Number of countries: 11

Labor > Workers' remittances, receipts > BoP, current US$ (per capita)

Definition: Workers' remittances are current transfers by migrants who are employed or intend to remain employed for more than a year in another economy in which they are considered residents. Some developing countries classify workers' remittances as a factor income receipt (and thus as a component of GNI). The World Bank adheres to international guidelines in defining GNI, and its classification of workers' remittances may therefore differ from national practices. This item shows receipts by the reporting country. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Source: World Development Indicators database
Number of countries: 115

Labor > Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, received > US$ (per capita)

Definition: Workers' remittances and compensation of employees comprise current transfers by migrant workers and wages and salaries earned by nonresident workers. Workers remittances are classified as current private transfers from migrant workers who are residents of the host country to recipients in their country of origin. They include only transfers made by workers who have been living in the host country for more than a year, irrespective of their immigration status. Compensation of employees is the income of migrants who have lived in the host country for less than a year. Migrants transfers are defined as the net worth of migrants who are expected to remain in the host country for more than one year that is transferred from one country to another at the time of migration. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Source: World Development Indicators database
Number of countries: 156

Labor > Workers' remittances and compensation of employees, paid > US$ (per capita)

Definition: Workers' remittances and compensation of employees comprise current transfers by migrant workers and wages and salaries earned by nonresident workers. Workers remittances are classified as current private transfers from migrant workers who are residents of the host country to recipients in their country of origin. They include only transfers made by workers who have been living in the host country for more than a year, irrespective of their immigration status. Compensation of employees is the income of migrants who have lived in the host country for less than a year. Migrants transfers are defined as the net worth of migrants who are expected to remain in the host country for more than one year that is transferred from one country to another at the time of migration. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Source: World Development Indicators database
Number of countries: 149

Labor > Labor force (per capita)

Definition: The total labor force figure Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Source: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
Number of countries: 164

Labor > force, total (per capita)

Definition: Total labor force comprises people who meet the International Labour Organization definition of the economically active population: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. It includes both the employed and the unemployed. While national practices vary in the treatment of such groups as the armed forces and seasonal or part-time workers, in general the labor force includes the armed forces, the unemployed, and first-time job-seekers, but excludes homemakers and other unpaid caregivers and workers in the informal sector. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Source: World Development Indicators database
Number of countries: 184

Labor > Employee benefits > Unpaid paternal leave

Definition: Duration of maximum allowed unpaid paternity leave.
Source: Various sources compiled into Wikipedia's Parental leave
Number of countries: 18

Labor > Employee benefits > Unpaid maternity leave

Definition: Duration of unpaid maternity leave.
Source: Various sources compiled into Wikipedia's Parental leave
Number of countries: 28

Labor > Employee benefits > Paid maternity leave

Definition: Duration of mandatory paternity leave in various countries.
Source: Various sources compiled into Wikipedia's Parental leave
Number of countries: 24

Labor > Employee benefits > Paid maternity leave > % of annual

Definition: Wage during maternity leave as a percentage of total annual wage. Figures are ratio of mandatory maternity leave duration to the total annual wage.
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Number of countries: 34