""Opportunities for women and men to obtain decent and productive work in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity" – from this basic definition, the authors derive ten characteristics of work that make a job decent. Within this framework, they identify 30 readily usable indicators with which to measure those characteristics and the conduciveness of the socio-economic environment. Other indicators, requiring preliminary statistical groundwork, are also suggested for future development. While stressing that the 30-indicator set is by no means intended to be definitive, the authors conclude with recommendations aimed at getting the systematic measurement of decent work under way."

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