Statistics on Singapore An annotated bibliography of sources

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Labour, Productivity & Wages

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Adult training, 2000.
Singapore: Ministry of Manpower, Manpower Research and Statistics Department, 2001.
HD5715.512 Adu (CL Main Shelves, CL Sing/Mal Coll, HL Reference 7)

Reports the results of the first National Survey on Adult Training 2000. Gives data for incidence and duration of training. The Ministry's Web site has the document available for download at http://www.gov.sg/mom/manpower/manrs/manrs5.htm.

Chew, Soon Beng & Rosalind Chew. The Singapore worker: a profile.
Singapore: Oxford University Press, 1992.
HD5835.12 Che (CL Main Shelves, CL Sing/Mal Coll, HL Main Shelves)

Gives profiles of the employed, part-time worker, unemployed and retired workers largely based on the data from the National University Census Survey of 1987. There is a chapter on Singapore emigrants containing data on the number of Singapore citizenships renounced for 1981-1989 with breakdowns by classification of Singapore emigrants, marital status, age, occupation and reasons for emigration to the United States for 1972-1986.

Conditions of employment 2002. Occasional paper; no. 1/2003.
Singapore: Ministry of Manpower, Manpower Research and Statistics Department, 2003.
HD5835.12 Opsm 01/1 (CL Sing/Mal Coll)

Has the number of workers by work-week pattern, flexible work arrangements, contract, annual leave and sick leave with breakdown by industry.
Selected documents available for download at http://www.gov.sg/mom/manpower/manrs/manrs5.htm.

Conditions of employment 2000. Occasional paper; no. 3/2000.
Singapore: Ministry of Manpower, Manpower Research and Statistics Department, 2000.
HD5835.12 Opsm 00/3 (CL Sing/Mal Coll, HL Reference 7)

Flexible work arrangements. Occasional paper; no. 1/99.
Singapore: Ministry of Manpower, Manpower Research and Statistics Department, 1999.
HD5835.12 Opsm 99/1 (CL Sing/Mal Coll, HL Main Shelves)

Has the number of part-time and temporary workers in 1998, with breakdown by sex, age group, industry and occupational group.
Selected documents available for download at http://www.gov.sg/mom/manpower/manrs/manrs5.htm.

Job vacancies.
Singapore: Ministry of Manpower, Manpower Research and Statistics Department. Annual.
HD5835.12 JV (CL Sing/Mal Coll, CL Bound Periodical, HL Reference 7)

Gives vacancies in the economy by sector and by broad occupational groups.
Recent updates available on Latest Data Release at URL http://www.gov.sg/mom/manpower/manrs/manrs3.htm.
Selected documents available for download at http://www.gov.sg/mom/manpower/manrs/manrs5.htm.

Labour force: an international comparison.
Occasional paper / Ministry of Labour, Research and Statistics Dept. Singapore: The Ministry, 1995.
HD5835.12 Lab (CL Main Shelves, CL Sing/Mal Coll)

Compares Singapore's labour force participation, educational profile, labour productivity, labour turnover with that of Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, US and UK. The data used for comparison are for 1992-1994.

The labour market in 1996.
Occasional paper / Ministry of Labour, Research and Statistics Dept, no.1/97.
Singapore: The Ministry, 1997.
HD5835.12 Ops 97/1 (CL Main Shelves, CL Sing/Mal Coll)

Continued by: Labour market report. 1998-

Labour market. Singapore: Manpower Research and Statistics Dept., Ministry of Manpower. Quarterly. 1998-
HD5835.12 LM (CL Sing/Mal Coll, CL Sing/Mal 0ffice, HL Reference Office)

Continues: Quarterly labour market report. 1998-99.
Gives overview of labour market with data for the current 4 years. Tables available for changes in employment, retrenchments, job vacancies, labour turnover, hours worked, earning and productivity by industry and occupational group.
Recent updates available on Latest Data Release at URL http://www.gov.sg/mom/manpower/manrs/manrs3.htm.
Selected documents available for download at http://www.gov.sg/mom/manpower/manrs/manrs5.htm.

Labour turnover. Singapore: Manpower Research and Statistics Dept., Ministry of Manpower. Quarterly. 1998-
HF5549.5 Tur.LTT (CL Sing/Mal Office)

Gives current ten years data for average annual and quarterly recruitment and resignation rates by sector and occupational group.
Recent updates available on Latest Data Release at URL http://www.gov.sg/mom/manpower/manrs/manrs3.htm.
Selected documents available for download at http://www.gov.sg/mom/manpower/manrs/manrs5.htm.

Ministry of Manpower. Annual report.
Singapore: The Ministry. Annual. 1997/98-
HD8769.2 SMM (CL Sing/Mal Coll, HL Cur Periodical, LW Sing/Mal Coll)

Besides general labour statistics, it gives data on labour disputes, industrial accidents, occupational diseases and awards under Workmen's Compensation.
Note: The Ministry of Manpower previously known as the Ministry of Labour before 1 April 1998.

NUS and NTU graduate employment survey.
Singapore : National University of Singapore. Annual. 1992-
HD6278.12 GES (CL Sing/Mal-NUS, HL Reference 7)

Continues: NUS/NTI graduate employment survey. 1987-1991.
Offers a snapshot of the graduates for the year who are economical active and inactive, with breakdown by the degree they hold, Singaporean or non-Singaporean. Includes data on the monthly salary drawn and sector employed for the economical active graduates.

Occupation segregation: a gender perspective.
Occasional paper. Singapore: Ministry of Manpower, Manpower Research and Statistics Dept., 2000.
HD5835.12 Opsm 00/1 (CL Sing/Mal Coll, HL Reference 7)

Using data from 1991 and 1999, charts are used to show the number and representation ratio of women in male dominated and female-dominated occupations in Singapore.

Older workers. Occasional paper; no. 3/99.
Singapore: Ministry of Manpower, Manpower Research and Statistics Department, 1999.
HD5835.12 Opsm 99/3 (CL Sing/Mal Coll, HL Main Shelves)

Profiles older workers in Singapore using 1998 data. Has details of educational profile, employment by occupation and industry, nature of employment.

Productivity and Standards Board. Annual report.
Singapore: The Board. Annual. 1996/97-2000/01.
HD70.12 PSB (CL Sing/Mal Coll, LW Sing/Mal Coll)

Contains charts on productivity growth and total factor productivity growth with comparisons of productivity with other countries. Renamed SPRING in 2002.

Statistics on productivity. (Web site).
Singapore: SPRING.
Available at URL: http://www.spring.gov.sg/statistics/productivity.html

Shows the detailed productivity statistics, with breakdown by sector. Includes value-added per worker in SMEs and domestic sector, participation in quality circles.

Profile of self-employed persons in Singapore.
Occasional paper series, no. 6. Singapore: Department of Statistics, 1993.
HA1802 Ops 6 (CL Main Shelves, CL Sing/Mal Coll)

Gives demographic profile of the self-employed over the period 1983 to 1991, with breakdown by age group, sex, educational status, industry, occupation, income. Breakdown data for taxi-drivers and hawkers are also given.

Profile of the labour force of Singapore, 1983-1994.
Singapore: Ministry of Labour, Research & Statistics Department, 1995.
HD5835.12 Pro (CL Reference 3, CL Sing/Mal Coll, HL Main Shelves)

Has figures for employed persons by age, sex, industry, occupation, income, educational qualification, with data on unemployed persons and economically inactive persons by age, sex, educational qualification for the period 1983 to 1994.

Report on the labour force survey of Singapore.
Singapore: Ministry of Labour. Annual. 1973-
HA1801 SMR (CL Bnd Periodical, CL Sing/Mal Coll, HL Bnd Periodical, HL Reference 7)

Contains data on economically active persons by age, sex, marital status, educational level; employed persons by age, sex, marital status, educational level, employment status, broad industry group, occupation, income; unemployed persons by age sex, educational level, marital status, previous industry & occupation, reason for leaving previous job; and economically inactive persons by age, sex, marital status, educational level. Before 1990, data on the number of non-Singaporeans in the labour force was available.

Report on wages in Singapore. Singapore : Ministry of Labour. Annual. 1986-
HD5085.12 RWS (CL Bnd Periodical, CL Sing/Mal Coll, HL Bnd Periodical)

Continues : Yearbook of wages. (1985)
Gives monthly commencing, mean, median & quartiles of basic & gross wages of selected occupations in various sectors. Includes average earnings by sector as collected by CPF, starting salary of local polytechnics, universities and the Institute of Technical Education graduates.

Singapore career guide. Singapore : SPH AsiaOne Ltd. Annual. 1994-2000.
HF5382.512 SCG (CL Sing/Mal Coll, CL Closed Stacks)

Gives mainly starting salaries of the various professions and jobs covered. Also gives work duties, entry requirements and career opportunities.

Continued by: AsiaOne career guide. Annual. 2001-
HF5382.512 ACG (CL Sing/Mal Coll)
However only selected starting salaries given, the rest give references to organization web site for more info.

Singapore yearbook of manpower statistics.
Singapore : Manpower Research and Statistics Department, Ministry of Manpower. Annual. 1997-
HD8769.2 SYM (CL Bnd Periodical, CL Sing/Mal Coll)

Continues: Singapore yearbook of labour statistics. 1976-1996.
Gives major labour statistics like labour force size & participation rates, wages, hours worked & terms of employment, unemployment & retrenchment, trade unions, industrial accidents & diseases, CPF contributions, and education & skills training. The Ministry's Web site has Key Manpower Statistics with annual figures for labour, employment, wages for the last 5 years at URL http://www.gov.sg/mom/manpower/manrs/statlf.htm.

SNEF salary survey for executives. Singapore : Singapore National Employers Federation. Annual. 1984-
HD5085.12 SNEF (HL Confidential, CL Confidential, CL Bnd Periodical, CL Sing/Mal Coll, HL Reference Office)

Provides data on increments, annual wage supplements and variable bonuses given by companies to their executives, with projections for the next year. Also has lower quartile, median and upper quartile salary for selected executive positions, with labour turnover rates by industry, employment size, sales turnover.

SNEF salary survey for non-executives. Singapore: Singapore National Employers Federation. Annual. 1984-
HD5085.12 SNEF (HL Confidential, CL Confidential, CL Bnd Periodical, CL Sing/Mal Coll, HL Reference Office)

Provides data on increments, annual wage supplements and variable bonuses given by companies to their non-executives, with projections for the next year. Also has lower quartile, median and upper quartile salary for selected non-executive positions, with labour turnover rate by industry, employment size.

Soon, Teck Wong and Benson Sim. Multi-(total) factor productivity trends, 1980-1998.
Statistics Singapore Newsletter, 1999 July:2-6.
HA1801 SSN (CL Sing/Mal Coll, CL Reference Office (SMC), HL Bound Periodical, LW Sing/Mal Coll)

Gives average share of labour and capital to growth in real GDP. Also gives multi-factor productivity growth.

Staff leave and welfare benefits. Occasional paper; no. 4/99.
Singapore: Ministry of Manpower, Manpower Research and Statistics Department, 1999.
HD5835.12 Opsm 99/4 (CL Sing/Mal Coll, HL Main Shelves)