Can I have more detailed data on Wages and Productivity beside the one published in World Development Indicators (WDI)?
We do not have data in further details than what we’ve published in corresponding WDI table on labor market indicators. The five-year averages reported by WDI are based on annual data, from a variety of sources. For the same variable and year, we sometimes have more than one possible figure. In other cases, there is none. The decision on which figures to use, and which ones to discard, was made on a case-by-case basis, taking into account definitions, coverage of the survey instrument (if applicable), consistency with other variables in the same country, and other factors. These decisions had to be made country by country, year by year, for dozens of variables. Arranging the annual data for release would involve a tremendous amount of work. For now, our more modest goal is to have the five-year average database available for dissemination.
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