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data from national statistical offices. Although the national CPIs presented are not comparable across countries, they are adjusted to the same base year for all countries. In addition, ILC published an article that analyzed
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Over time, the program expanded its coverage of labor indicators and countries. In addition to the aforementioned labor indicators, the program began to publish a number of related indicators, such as average annual hours,
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ILC's hourly compensation series presents labor costs adjusted for cross country comparability for 36 countries. Hourly compensation refers to employers’ total expenditure on labor per hour worked, and includes
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