ILO has developed labour statistics that cover a wide range of topics related to the world of work. They include statistics about different forms of work as well as statistics about labour markets.
Enterprise surveys measure business perceptions of the investment climate and can be used to analyze the link between job creation and productivity growth. Data is available on over 100 countries and from more than 100,000+ companies.
A comprehensive, public-use data system about the employment, educational and demographic characteristics of scientists and engineers in the United States including sociologists drawing on a number of NSF surveys such as the Survey of Earned Doctorates, National Survey of Recent College Graduates, among others. Free registration is required.
The WebCASPAR database provides easy access to a large body of statistical data resources for science and engineering (S&E) at U.S. academic institutions. WebCASPAR emphasizes S&E, but its data resources also provide information on non-S&E fields and higher education in general.