Labour market

Riccardo Gatto

Eurostat F3

Riccardo.gatto@ec.europa.eu

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Scope of this presentation

Part 1:

• Labour Force Survey

Including monthly unemployment

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Part 2:

• Labour Cost Survey
• Job vacancy statistics
• Labour Cost Index
• Structural Earnings Statistics

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Part 1: Labour Force Survey

Background:

• Needed for labour market policy and analysis
• Quarterly survey on a households sample
• Plus additional annual ad-hoc modules
• Microdata transmitted to Eurostat
• Main goal: estimation of employment and unemployment
• Main users: policy makers, researchers, general public, other official statistics domains

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Part 1: Labour Force Survey

Main indicators:

• Unemployment, Employment and Activity rates
• Unemployment, Employment and Activity levels
• Working hours
• By several details: gender, age, geographical area, education, ISCO, NACE, work and contract features, tenure at work or in unemployment

Legal Framework

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• Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 of 9 March 1998 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community (LFS regulation)
• Amended by
• Regulation (EC) No 1991/2002
• Commission Regulation (EC) No 2104/2002
• Regulation (EC) No 2257/2003
• Regulation (EC) No 1372/2007
• Regulation (EC) No 596/2009
• Regulation (EU) No 545/2014

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Legal Framework

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• Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98 of 9 March 1998 on the organisation of a labour force sample survey in the Community (LFS regulation)

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• 10 articles – Frequency, Statistical Unit, Scope, Observation methods, Precision requirements, Contents, Data Transmission, Quality reporting

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Legal Framework

Relevant Points:

• Frequency
• Temporal sample distribution
• Reference population
• Observation methods
• Representativeness of the sample

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• List of variables
• Transmission of the results and timeliness
• Quality reporting
• Ad hoc modules

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Legal Framework

The new Integrated European Social Statistics Framework Regulation (IESS FR) and its implementing acts will change the legal framework

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Labour Force Survey Methodology

• Sample survey with individual questionnaire
• As far as possible, direct collection of the information (as less as possible: proxy, imputation and use of administrative sources)
• Weighting procedure

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Labour Force Survey

Monthly unemployment rate:

• Very important indicator but voluntary transmission (no legal obligation)
• Based on various methodologies: direct estimation or indirect estimation based on auxiliary information (e.g. monthly administrative data published by the Public Employment Service)

Contact: Denis.Leythienne@ec.europa.eu

Part 2: other surveys

• Labour Cost Survey (PRIORITY)
• Job vacancy statistics
• Labour Cost Index
• Structural Earnings Statistics

Contact: Denis.Leythienne@ec.europa.eu

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Legal Framework

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Labour Cost Survey

Frequency: 4-yearly intervals (last one 2016)

Deadline: for data transmission -18 months (last one by 30 June 2018); for quality report – 24 months (last one by 31 December 2018)

Mandatory coverage: NACE Rev. 2 Sections B to S (excluding O) and enterprises with 10 employees or more

Data sources:

• separate dedicated survey,
• administrative data,
• combination of survey and administrative data

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Job vacancy statistics

Frequency: Quarterly.

Deadline: Within 70 days

Mandatory coverage: NACE Rev. 2 Sections B to N, Section A is optional. Sections O to S and enterprises below 10 employees voluntary and normally transmitted too

Data sources: Generally collected through separate surveys or as part of a general business survey.

Labour Cost Index

• Frequency: Quarterly for indices, annual for weights
• Deadline: Within 70 days
• Mandatory coverage: NACE Rev. 2 Sections B to S.
• Data sources: Most Member States collect data as part of a general business survey. Also administrative sources are used.

Structure of Earnings Statistics

• Frequency: 4- yearly intervals (next one 2018)
• Deadline: for data -18 months from end of reference year (next one by 30 June 2020); for quality report -24 months (next one by 31 December 2020). Microdata transmitted.
• Mandatory coverage: NACE Rev. 2 Sections B to S (excluding O) and enterprises with 10 employees or more
• Data sources: Generally collected through a 2 stage survey. In the 1^st stage, a sample of local units is drawn. From each sampled business (local unit), a sample of employees is drawn whose characteristics (earnings and personal characteristics) are reported.

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