SEE Jobs Gateway Database 2019 wiiw The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies SEE Jobs Gateway Database 2019 Presentation Belgrad: 19 May 2019 Monika Schwarzhappel, wiiw

SEE Jobs Gateway Database Content of database Strength and weaknesses SEE Jobs Gateway Database online

SEE Jobs Gateway Database – Content Key economic indicators: GDP, CPI Labor market – by gender, age and education: Population, activity, employment, unemployment, inactivity Non-standard forms of employment (temporary, part-time, self-employment) Informal employment (agriculture, non-agriculture) Long-term unemployment Youth not in employment, education, or training (NEET) Labor market sub-national data – by gender Earnings and unit labor costs Average monthly gross wages, monthly gross minimum wages Unit labor costs Available on a quarterly and annual basis

SEE Jobs Gateway Database – Content Basis for labor market data: Labor Force surveys Countries covered: 6 Western Balkans: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia Western Balkans-6: Aggregate 6 countries (only if data are available for countries) 4 EU peer countries: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary Availability: Annual and quarterly data – 2010 to 2018 (Q2) About 19350 time series Excellent support from the Statistical Offices of the region

SEE Jobs Gateway Database – Strength and weaknesses Strengths Weaknesses Harmonized labor market data - across countries - over time Some breaks in methodology remain  described in metadata Disaggreated data by gender, age and education No cross-tabulation in the graphical online tool, but data accessible in Excel Comparison with EU countries possible _____ Allowing analyses on sub-national level, NUTS-2 NUTS-2 level not fully comparable across Western Balkans Timeliness of data SEE Jobs Gateway Database - a unique and detailed set of labor market data for the Western Balkans!

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SEE Jobs Gateway Database – Database online Activity rates Continued increase in activity rates – but female rates are low compared to peer countries Adjust the legend: Download data of the graph: Select all years, dimension 15+  deselect years in the legend Select all years, dimension Gender  deselect male in the legend show TABLE below the graph – all data of the graph listed to download – click ‘EXPORT’

SEE Jobs Gateway Database – Database online Unemployment rates Unemployment decreasing in most countries, but levels remain high Show quarters: Export the graph: Select 2 years, all quarters, dimension 15+  mouse over in the bars to see the numbers Icon on the upper right-hand side allows to download various formats

SEE Jobs Gateway Database – Database online Temporary employees’ share Share of temporary employed persons is highest among young people Adjust the legend: Select all years, dimension Age  too many bars  deselect age 20-64 etc. Download full dataset: Parameter ‘Dimension’ allows to shows either age or gender or education Download full dataset allows the cross-tabulation!!

SEE Jobs Gateway Database – Database online Gross wages Average gross monthly wages are highest in Montenegro New drop-down-menu ‘Unit’: Meta data: ‘Unit’ allows to select currencies and growth rates For methodological deviations from standard (e.g. AT)  see meta data in Description of the database

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