Overview

Thisnewreportprovidesaframeworkwithinwhichtoassesscompliancewithcoreinternationallaborstandardsandsucceedsintakinganenormoussteptowardinterpretingallrelevantinformationintoonecentraldatabase.AttherequestoftheBureauofInternationalLaborAffairsattheU.S.DepartmentofLabor,theNationalResearchCouncil'sCommitteeonMonitoringInternationalLaborStandardswaschargedwithidentifyingrelevantandusefulsourcesofcountry-leveldata,assessingthequalityofsuchdata,identifyinginnovativemeasurestomonitorcompliance,exploringtherelationshipbetweenlaborstandardsandhumancapital,andmakingrecommendationsonreportingprocedurestomonitorcompliance.Theresultofthecommittee'sworkisintwopartsýthisreportandadatabasestructure.Together,theyofferafirststeptowardthegoalofprovidinganempiricalfoundationtomonitorcompliancewithcorelaborstandards.Thereportprovidesacomprehensivereviewofextantdatasources,withemphasisontheirrelevancetodefinedlaborstandards,theirutilitytodecisionmakersinchargeofassessingormonitoringcompliance,andthecautionsnecessarytounderstandandusethequantitativeinformation.


ISBN-13

9780309529747

ISBN-10

0309529743

List Price

$34.50

Format

-

Language

English

Pages

306 pages

Publisher

National Academy Press

Published On

2004-05-11



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