Developing Labour Statistics in the CIS Region: Goals and Objectives Intestate statistical committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS-Stat) Developing Labour Statistics in the CIS Region: Goals and Objectives Irina Zbarskaya, CIS-Stat Workshop on Migration statistics Minsk, May 28-29, 2015
Economically active population Economically inactive population CIS Labour Market CIS POPULATION 282 mln. persons Economically active population Employed + Unemployed = 137 mln. persons Economically inactive population In working age ≈ 35 mln. people 129 mln. persons 8 mln. persons Including - about 20% are persons interested in job, but currently not seeking work, or seeking work but not available to start work immediately
Employment Agriculture, hunting and forestry, fishing and aquaculture Manufacturing Construction Services
Unemployment
Sources of data on Labour Statistics: Population censuses; Data Sources Sources of data on Labour Statistics: Population censuses; Labour force surveys (LFS); Entire or sample monitoring on labour statistics being conducted annually/quarterly/or monthly by statistical offices and other government ministries
Population Censuses 2000 round 2010 round 1989: USSR 1995 TURKMENISTAN 1999 AZERBAIJAN 2009 AZERBAIJAN BELARUS BELARUS KAZAKHSTAN KAZAKHSTAN KYRGYZSTAN KYRGYZSTAN 2000 TAJIKISTAN 2010 RUSSIA TAJIKISTAN 2001 ARMENIA UKRAINE 2011 ARMENIA 2002 RUSSIA 2012 TURKMENISTAN 2004 MOLDOVA 2014 MOLDOVA UKRAINE UZBEKISTAN UZBEKISTAN
Development of Labour in the CIS Region Project goals: Supporting CIS countries in the development of national labour statistics systems in accordance with international standards, definitions and classifications; Improving international informational exchange. Project implementation Development of methodological recommendations Translation of materials Meetings with specialists
Development of Methodological Recommendations Recommendations for the use of methodological guidelines on the measurement of work, employment and underutilisation of labour in statistical practice, taking into account Resolution of the 19th Session of ICLS resolution Recommendations to improve the statistics of wage and labour costs/ statistical measurement of time worked considering international practice Overview of international experience in the measuring of labor migration on the basis of sample surveys Recommendations to improve the measurement of employment in the informal economy (in the informal sector and informal employment) taking into account definitions of the 19th Session of ICLS Recommendations on implementation of descent work indicators in CIS statistical practice
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