Data

All datasets are in SPSS data table format.

Dataset 1: Export Data

• Dataset 1-1980
• Dataset 1-1981
• Dataset 1-1982
• Dataset 1-1983
• Dataset 1-1984
• Dataset 1-1985
• Dataset 1-1986
• Dataset 1-1987
• Dataset 1-1988
• Dataset 1-1989
• Dataset 1-1990
• Dataset 1-1991
• Dataset 1-1992
• Dataset 1-1993
• Dataset 1-1994
• Dataset 1-1995
• Dataset 1-1996
• Dataset 1-1997
• Dataset 1-1998
• Dataset 1-1999

Dataset 2: Labor Database

Project lead: Meredith Staples

Trade union data for 96 countries, 1980-1999 (names, industry, membership, strike activity-frequency/length/striker numbers, etc.), with industries classified by sectors aggregated at the 2 digit SITC code level by sector ((0, 1, 4, 22, 29, 21, 24, 26, 27, 28, 32, 33, 34, 35, 63, 66, 68, 23, 25, 5, 62, 64, 67, 69, 71, 73, 74, 78, 79, 54, 72, 75, 76, 87, 88, 26, 60, 61, 65, 77, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 89).

The Labor dataset (Data Set II) will be a compendium of workforce statistics and labor union strength indicators drawn from over 100 countries from 1980 to the present. The data collection will derive primarily from statistics compiled by individual countries and from organizations such as the ILO and the World Bank. However, since much additional research is needed to augment the previously complied statistics especially in terms of labor union strength, additional in-depth research will be carried out by CGSD research assistants. Indicators that will be included in the dataset range from number of union members as percentage of the nonagricultural workforce, union density and number of ILO treaties ratified to percentage of unemployment and percentage of female workers employed in formal sector. This data set is unique in its goal of providing possibly the most exhaustive collection of indicators of both workforce and union strength statistics from across the globe.