LAMAS Working Group 12-13 December 2013 Agenda Item 2.8 Task force on precision requirements: Progress report nicola.massarelli@ec.europa.eu

TF composition

Schedule LAMAS' mandate in June 2013 3 meetings 10-11 October 2013 16-17 December 2013 Early 2014 Final report to LAMAS: June 2014

Preliminary conclusions after 1st meeting Precision and distribution requirements Quarterly requirements Employment and unemployment to population ratios Precision requirements depending on population size (15-74) National and NUTS 2 Precision requirements as standard error (SE) depending on actual estimates

Agenda points for the 2nd meeting Population functions for national and regional requirements for unemployment NUTS 2: precision vs. distribution requirements Requirements for employment Q-Q and Y-Y overlap Additional distribution requirements for structural variables/modules

Other elements: Neutrality constraint (reinterpreted) Input: quarterly SE at national and regional level for TF countries Reference for distribution requirements: planned sample

How the system would work

TIME D= TIME & TERRITORY A C B D TERRITORY C: TERRITORY A=100% (Quarterly, national level) C: TERRITORY Region 1 Region 2 … Region j Region N TERRITORY (1 TO 39 NUTS 2 REGIONS) TIME 13 WEEKS/ 3 MONTHS W1=1/13 A W2=1/13 A … Wi=1/13 A W13=1/13 A D= TIME & TERRITORY B D

LAMAS is invited to: Take note of the work of the task force so far Be prepared to provide input if the TF needs it