This volume describes a wide range of alternative methods of constructing qualitative indicators of labor standards. It provides a unique comparative critique of strengths and limitations of different methods of constructing qualitative indicators of labor standards with reference to different applications. Measuring compliance with labor standards is an undertaking intrinsically fraught with difficulty. For there are a number of possible sources of measurement error, both random and non-random, that are unique to such indicators, on top of those that affect qualitative and quantitative indicators alike. The growing use of qualitative indicators of labor standards thus raises a number of questions about comparative methods of construction as well as the appropriateness of particular methods for particular applications. This addresses these and other related questions.

The only existing volume that brings together papers describing a wide range of alternative methods of constructing qualitative indicators of labour standards Provides a unique comparative critique of strengths and limitations of different methods of constructing qualitative indicators of labour standards with reference to different applications Brings together leading academic experts with ILO experts as well as lawyers, social scientists and NGOs having done significant work on labour standard

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and Overview.- Indicators of Labour Standards: An Overview and Comparison.- Country-level Assessments of Labour Conditions in Emerging Markets: An Approach for Institutional Investors.- Decent Work, Standards and Indicators.- The Quantification of Respect for Selected Core Labour Standards: Towards a Social Development Index?.- Measuring Trade Union Rights by Violations of These Rights.- Taking Labour Laws to the Domestic Dentist: Measuring Countries' Compliance with International Labour Non-discrimination Standards.- Towards an Index of Core Rights Gaps.- Employment Protection in Industrialized Countries: The Case for New Indicators.- Measuring Concealed Rights Violations: The Case of Forced Labour.