LAMAS Working Group 22-23 October 2013 Agenda Item 4.1 Job Vacancy Statistics State of Play Sammy.Lauritsen@ec.europa.eu

Job Vacancy Statistics Workshop Follow-up New Commission Regulation

JVS - workshop 26 countries (22 MS + NO, IS, CH, RS) present Clear positions from users Positive exchange of experiences

Two potential additions to QR Discussed in-depth at next point in agenda Comparison of occupied posts in JVS and employees* in the LFS Beveridge curve

Posts vs Employees Important to exclude agriculture in LFS Count LFS-employees with two employee jobs in the right sectors twice Good to aggregate quarters to reduce seasonal effects

Extra Quality Checks: Occupied posts

Beveridge Curve Unemployment rate (x-axis) plotted against job vacancy rate (y-axis) Full coverage necessary to maximise explanatory power Not always a clear relationship

Beveridge Curve – no shifts

New Commission Regulation Conclusion of the work on feasibility Full coverage required by 2016 Next steps: DSS consultation and voting at ESSC (February 2014 possibly)

New Comm… - cont. Generally positive feedback, as most countries are not affected DK, MT: negative feedback IT: financial support ?

LAMAS delegates are invited: To comment on the proposal to monitor LFS/JVS discrepancies within JVS quality reports To endorse the proposal to lift existing restrictions to the publication of JVS data for the whole economy

Thank you for your attention!