Special bilateral event and Workshop ELSTAT – Statistics Poland HELLENIC STATISTICAL AUTHORITY - ELSTAT Labour Force Survey Special bilateral event and Workshop ELSTAT – Statistics Poland Piraeus, 29 March 2019 Labour Force Survey Section, Population and Labour Market Statistics Division Δείγμα εξώφυλλου

Labour Force Survey Legal Framework: (EC) No. 577/98 with amendments Method: Designed on a quarterly basis, two-way stratification, 6-wave rotating panel Statistical Unit: Persons, Households Frequency of data collection: Continuous (data are collected throughout the year) Reference period: Reference week; sample uniformly split in the 13 (or 14) weeks of the quarter Main variables: Labour status (Employed-Unemployed-Inactive), Employed: Economic activity, Occupation, Professional status, Full-time/Part-time Unemployed: Duration of unemployment, Previous employment experience All: Educational attainment, Participation in education Main breakdowns: Sex, Age, NUTS-2 Δείγμα μεταδεδομένων

Unemployment Rate by sex: 2007 – 2017 Quarterly Labour Force Survey results Unemployment rises dramatically during the years of economic crisis, reaching a peak in 2013

Unemployment Rate by age: 2007 – 2017 Quarterly Labour Force Survey results Younger people mostly affected by unemployment and vice versa

Employment by sector of economic activity 2007 – 2017 Quarterly Labour Force Survey results (yearly estimates) Economy is dominated by tertiary sector; steadily increasing since 2013 Secondary sector decreased until 2014; then slowly increasing Primary sector seems stabilized

Polish nationals in Greece Quarterly Labour Force Survey results (yearly estimates) Polish nationals population peaked in middle 2000’s, then declines Population is aging

Employed Polish nationals in Greece Quarterly Labour Force Survey results (yearly estimates) Traditionally work in secondary sector; mostly involved in manual occupations Employment in services sector have been increased in the last years