Comprehensive data sources and analytical tools for workforce research
This resource directory provides structured access to Hong Kong's official labor market data sources, policy documents, statistical databases, and international comparative resources. These materials support evidence-based research, policy analysis, and workforce planning by economists, analysts, HR professionals, and researchers.
Comprehensive employment data including labor force participation rates, unemployment statistics, underemployment figures, earnings distributions, and demographic workforce breakdowns. Quarterly and annual publications with historical time series.
Detailed household-level employment data covering income, working hours, industry distribution, occupational categories, and socioeconomic characteristics. Essential source for workforce composition analysis.
Establishment-based employment statistics tracking job openings, hiring trends, employment levels by sector, and vacancy rates across industries. Critical for understanding labor demand dynamics.
Comprehensive wage and working hours data disaggregated by occupation, industry, gender, and educational attainment. Provides benchmark earnings information for comparative analysis.
Primary government bureau responsible for labor policy formulation. Access to policy papers, consultation documents, legislative proposals, and employment support program information.
Implementing agency for employment services, labor relations, occupational safety, and employment ordinances. Resources include employment programs, labor legislation texts, and enforcement statistics.
Retirement scheme regulator providing data on workforce coverage, contribution patterns, and employment relationships through MPF enrollment statistics.
Information on vocational training, professional education programs, and curriculum alignment with industry needs. Relevant for skill development and education-employment matching analysis.
Central banking authority's economic analysis including labor market sections in quarterly bulletins, research papers on employment-inflation relationships, and macroeconomic workforce implications.
Government economic forecasts, budget documents with employment projections, and fiscal policy papers addressing workforce and productivity considerations.
Productivity studies, technology adoption surveys, and industry-specific workforce skill requirements. Particularly valuable for understanding automation and efficiency impacts on employment.
Academic research on labor economics, workforce development, and employment policy. Access to working papers, conference proceedings, and faculty research publications.
Survey research and policy studies on employment attitudes, job satisfaction, career development, and workforce social perspectives in Hong Kong context.
Applied policy research including labor market interventions, employment programs evaluation, and workforce policy effectiveness studies.
Global labor statistics enabling international comparisons of employment rates, working conditions, wages, and labor force characteristics across economies.
Annual comparative analysis of labor markets in advanced economies. Useful for benchmarking Hong Kong against comparable high-income jurisdictions.
Regional labor market studies, workforce development analyses, and employment policy evaluations focused on Asian economies including Hong Kong.
International labor market research, employment indicators, workforce productivity data, and comparative economic analysis with methodological guidance.
Employer perspectives on hiring, skill shortages, business confidence, and workforce challenges. Quarterly business tendency surveys include employment indicators.
HR professional body publishing salary surveys, employment practice guidelines, and workforce management research from practitioner perspectives.
Corporate governance perspectives on board-level employment decisions, executive compensation, and corporate workforce policies.
Guidance on using statistical packages (R, Python, Stata, SPSS) for labor market data analysis, including code repositories and analytical templates for common workforce research tasks.
Best practice documentation for conducting employment surveys, designing workforce studies, analyzing labor data, and interpreting statistical results in Hong Kong context.
Templates and tools for presenting labor market data effectively, including chart libraries, dashboard frameworks, and visualization best practices for workforce statistics.
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