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Entropy and Inequality  poorcity.richcity.org 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.

European Association of Labour Economists  www.eale.nl Newsletter, and membership and conference information.

How the United States Government Measures Unemployment  stats.bls.gov/cps/cps_htgm.htm Bureau of Labor Statistics report explains methodology, definitions, and seasonal fluctuations.

Inequality.org  www.inequality.org News, information and expertise on the divide in income, wealth and health.

International Labour Organization  www.ilo.org The UN specialized agency which seeks the promotion of social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights.

Introduction to Labor Economics  www.oswego.edu/~kane/eco350.htm The theory of labor supply and demand from a neoclassical economics perspective.

Labor and Employment Statistical Resources on the Web  www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/steclab.html A directory of mainly U.S. statistical resources.

Labor Institutes and Research Centers in the World  edirc.repec.org/laborecon.html A directory maintained by Christian Zimmermann.

Labor Links  www.gwu.edu/~labor/resources.html A George Washington University based directory of sites that address general labor economics issues and selected policy issues including affirmative action, child care and welfare reform.

The labour market - interactive Java applet  www.fgn.unisg.ch/eurmacro/tutor/labourmarket.html Features an interactive Java applet with a guided exercise. Designed to familiarize undergraduate students with labor demand, labor supply and unemployment.

Losing Work, Moving On: Worker Displacement in International Perspective  www.econ.ucsb.edu/~pjkuhn/DW_Int/DWIndex.html A collection of papers edited by Peter Kuhn

The Low-Wage Labor Market  aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/lwlm99/index.htm#contents A volume of papers prepared at the Urban Institute in 1999.

The Principles of Scientific Management  www.socsci.mcmaster.ca/~econ/ugcm/3ll3/taylor/sciman Fredrick Winslow Taylor's influential 1911 text on work organization.

• United States Bureau of Labor Statistics

  WebEc Labor and Demographics Resources  www.helsinki.fi/WebEc/webecj.html Links of interest to labor economists

  Workers Compensation Research Institute  www.wcrinet.org An independent, not-for-profit research organization providing objective information about public policy issues involving workers' compensation systems.