LAMAS October 2017 Agenda Item 4.1 JVS State of play Thibaut HENRION

OUTLINE I. Data and metadata transmissions II. Transmission of long time series III. Timetable

I. Data and metadata transmissions 1.1 Late Countries 2017Q2 Final Portugal 2017Q1 Belgium Latvia Malta Flash France Germany 2016Q4 Netherlands

1.2. Quality issues - Finland: A rather high quarter-on-quarter volatility was recorded for job vacancies and occupied posts. - Malta: Improvement of its national methodolodgy on estimating the number of job vacancies. Eurostat also assessed the consistency between occupied posts from JVS and employees from LFS for the whole economy of each country and individual NACE sections.

Relative difference between the number of employees (LFS) and occupied posts (JVS) for NACE sections B-S

Beveridge curve for the EU 28 and EA 19, 2006Q4 to 2017Q1 (four-quarter average rates)

II. Transmission of long time series 2.1 Transmission of long time series (back to 2008) Don't send Greece Netherlands Send every four quarters Denmark 2.2 Transmission of back data before 2008 for NACE-rev.2 aggregates - it concerns : BE, BG, CZ, CY, EE, FI, DE, HU, IE, LV, LT,LU, PL, PT, RO, SI, SK, ES and SE Could not provide Belgium Germany Did not reply Ireland

2.3 Publication restrictions Agreed to lift publication restrictions (2003Q1-2008Q4) Luxembourg Spain Finland Agreed to lift publication restrictions for JVR Cyprus Estonia Portugal Slovakia Sent new estimates for back series Hungary Latvia Lithuania Romania Commited to send the new estimates Bulgaria Did not agreed to lift publication restrictions Czech Republic Sweden Did not reply Poland Slovenia

2.4. Dissemination of JVS data ISCO & NUTS Portugal Romania NUTS Belgium Denmark ISCO Macedonia Job vacancy statistics by NACE Rev. 2 activity, occupation and NUTS 2 regions – quaterly data

III. Timetable Date of dissemination Reference period of the data Deadline for MS transmissions (t+45 days for the flash JVS and t+70 days for the final JVS)   Flash JVS: 18 MAY 2018 2018Q1 Flash JVS: 15 MAY Final JVS: 15 JUNE 2018 Final JVS: 9 JUNE Flash JVS: 20 AUG 2018 2018Q2 Flash JVS: 14 AUG Final JVS: 14 SEPT 2018 Final JVS: 8 SEPT Flash JVS: 19 NOV 2018 2018Q3 Flash JVS: 14 NOV Final JVS: 14 DEC 2018 Final JVS: 9 DEC Flash JVS: 19 FEB 2019 2018Q4 Flash JVS: 14 FEB 2019 Final JVS: 18 MAR 2019 Final JVS: 11 MAR 2019

The LAMAS delegates are invited: To take note of the state of play as regards JVS transmissions. In particular, countries not respecting the transmission deadlines are reminded to comply with the timeliness required by the JVS regulation. Greece and the Netherlands are invited to provide long time series. To take note of the state of play as regards transmissions of the quality reports for reference year 2016; Croatia, Estonia, France, Greece, Luxembourg and Sweden are asked to submit their quality report. As regards Poland, Bulgaria and Ireland, to inform Eurostat of their intention to provide NACE rev2 aggregates before 2008 (Ireland) or to lift publication restrictions on those data (Poland and Slovenia). As regards Bulgaria, to send the new estimates as promised.

As regards Finland, to look closer at data volatility and consider improving sources (e.g. sample size) and methods if needed. To take note of the results of the comparison between JVS and LFS data and of the Beveridge curves by country. As regards countries with JVS data by ISCO or NUTS, to take note that Eurostat would be keen to collect such data, on an optional basis. To take note of the proposed JVS release calendar for the reference quarters of 2018.

Thank you for your attention!