Revision of ISCO-88 The perspective of Eurostat

ISCO 88, ISCO 2008 and the Development of the ESeC, BUDAPEST 9 DECEMBER 2005 Topics General objectives of the revision –General aim of Eurostat –Include new jobs –Increase the reliability of the classification Peek at the EU-LFS data –ISCO and skill levels

ISCO 88, ISCO 2008 and the Development of the ESeC, BUDAPEST 9 DECEMBER 2005 General objectives of the revision Aim of Eurostat –Revised ISCO should supplant ISCO-88 (COM) –Major differences of the two systems: Operational guidelines for classification of managers –Size of enterprise vs number of managers Jobs in public administration –1110 and 1120 merged, 2470 Jobs in the agriculture –Simplification

ISCO 88, ISCO 2008 and the Development of the ESeC, BUDAPEST 9 DECEMBER 2005 General objectives of the revision The revised ISCO should reflect developments in the occupational structure since 1988 Expanding occupations –Information, communication and technology Declining occupations –Industrial sector –Agriculture

ISCO 88, ISCO 2008 and the Development of the ESeC, BUDAPEST 9 DECEMBER 2005 General objectives of the revision Increased operational reliability –Clearer guidelines –New titles –Closer correspondence of the classification dimensions (skill levels, specialisation) to reality

ISCO 88, ISCO 2008 and the Development of the ESeC, BUDAPEST 9 DECEMBER 2005 Peek at the data Comparison of ISCED97 and ISCO-88 (COM) using the EU-LFS (EU-25) in spring Sometimes used to find mismatch between skills and occupation Can also be used the other way around, Test the validity of the ISCO-88 classification

ISCO 88, ISCO 2008 and the Development of the ESeC, BUDAPEST 9 DECEMBER 2005 Employed persons by ISCED97 and ISCO88 (groups 1-5) EU spring. All ,57316,77325,75531,18822,00525, ISCED 61, , ISCED 5a32,4294,35617,8945,5322,0791, ISCED 5b14,1171,5442,2134,9391,5611, ISCED ISCED 4c1, ISCED 4a or b3, , ISCED 3a or b54,9224,4042,40112,3199,0858, ISCED 3c long21,0491, ,3402,6963, ISCED 34, , ISCED 3c short9, ,1381, ISCED 233,4052, ,3983,0125, ISCED 113,1551, , No formal educ

ISCO 88, ISCO 2008 and the Development of the ESeC, BUDAPEST 9 DECEMBER 2005 Employed persons by ISCED97 and ISCO88 (groups 6-9, 0) EU spring. All ,5737,81527,51816,67718,3251, ISCED 61, ISCED 5a32, ISCED 5b14, , ISCED ISCED 4c1, ISCED 4a or b3, ISCED 3a or b54,9221,5207,8434,1693, ISCED 3c long21, ,7432,6971, ISCED 34, ISCED 3c short9,9631,0652,1751,4171, ISCED 233,4052,0746,5024,8056, ISCED 113,1551,5123,0901,8303, No formal educ

ISCO 88, ISCO 2008 and the Development of the ESeC, BUDAPEST 9 DECEMBER 2005 Major group All16, ,7107, ISCED ISCED 5a4, , ISCED 5b1, , ISCED ISCED 4c ISCED 4a or b ISCED 3a or b4, ,9762, ISCED 3c long1, ISCED ISCED 3c short ISCED 22, , ISCED 11, No formal educ

ISCO 88, ISCO 2008 and the Development of the ESeC, BUDAPEST 9 DECEMBER 2005 Major group All25,755766,1473,2758,1908, ISCED 61, ISCED 5a17,894403,9792,4496,2405, ISCED 5b2, ISCED ISCED 4c ISCED 4a or b ISCED 3a or b2, , ISCED 3c long ISCED ISCED 3c short ISCED ISCED No formal educ

ISCO 88, ISCO 2008 and the Development of the ESeC, BUDAPEST 9 DECEMBER 2005 Major group All31,18837,1915,3292,38616, ISCED ISCED 5a5,53211, , ISCED 5b4,939.1,1881, , ISCED ISCED 4c ISCED 4a or b1, ISCED 3a or b12,31922,9001, , ISCED 3c long2, , ISCED ISCED 3c short ISCED 22, , ISCED No formal educ

ISCO 88, ISCO 2008 and the Development of the ESeC, BUDAPEST 9 DECEMBER 2005 Major group All22,005217,9414, ISCED ISCED 5a2,079.1, ISCED 5b1,561.1, ISCED ISCED 4c ISCED 4a or b ISCED 3a or b9,08517,4741, ISCED 3c long2,696.2, ISCED ISCED 3c short1, ISCED 23,01202, ISCED No formal educ.11.91

ISCO 88, ISCO 2008 and the Development of the ESeC, BUDAPEST 9 DECEMBER 2005 Major groups 3 and All7,1915,3292,38616,27817,9414, ISCED ISCED 5a1, ,0491, ISCED 5b1,1881, ,6821, ISCED ISCED 4c ISCED 4a or b ISCED 3a or b2,9001, ,9467,4741, ISCED 3c long ,1852, ISCED ISCED 3c short ISCED ,4842, ISCED No formal educ

ISCO 88, ISCO 2008 and the Development of the ESeC, BUDAPEST 9 DECEMBER 2005 Major group All25,551115,8989, ISCED ISCED 5a1, ISCED 5b1, ISCED ISCED 4c ISCED 4a or b ISCED 3a or b8,66115,0013, ISCED 3c long3,711.2,5331, ISCED 31, ISCED 3c short1, ISCED 25,414.3,3232, ISCED 11,637.1, No formal educ

ISCO 88, ISCO 2008 and the Development of the ESeC, BUDAPEST 9 DECEMBER 2005 Major group All27, ,43310,1091,3994, ISCED ISCED 5a ISCED 5b1, ISCED ISCED 4c ISCED 4a or b ISCED 3a or b7,843132,9583, , ISCED 3c long4,743722,0161, ISCED ISCED 3c short2, ISCED 26,502472,9102, , ISCED 13,090411, No formal educ

ISCO 88, ISCO 2008 and the Development of the ESeC, BUDAPEST 9 DECEMBER 2005 Major group All16,677602,1536,4368, ISCED ISCED 5a ISCED 5b ISCED ISCED 4c ISCED 4a or b ISCED 3a or b4, ,4752, ISCED 3c long2, ,1061, ISCED ISCED 3c short1, ISCED 24, ,0482, ISCED 11, No formal educ

ISCO 88, ISCO 2008 and the Development of the ESeC, BUDAPEST 9 DECEMBER 2005 Major groups 6 and 9 6 & All26,1407, ,4651,1385, ISCED ISCED 5a ISCED 5b ISCED ISCED 4c ISCED 4a or b ISCED 3a or b5,2671,520202, , ISCED 3c long2, , ISCED ISCED 3c short2,4081, ISCED 28,3642,074453, , ISCED 14,5951,512152, No formal educ

ISCO 88, ISCO 2008 and the Development of the ESeC, BUDAPEST 9 DECEMBER 2005 Major group 6 by countries

ISCO 88, ISCO 2008 and the Development of the ESeC, BUDAPEST 9 DECEMBER 2005 Conclusions (Eurostat’s wish-list?) Need to make adjustments to the ISCO-88 in order to adapt to changes in the occupational structure. Need to make corrections to the structure and definitions and descriptions in order to improve the validity and the reliability Major overhaul is neither desirable nor feasible Revised ISCO that could also serve unchanged for EU statistics

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Changes in the relative sizes of ISCO sub-major groups

ISCO 88, ISCO 2008 and the Development of the ESeC, BUDAPEST 9 DECEMBER 2005 Major group 1, 1992=100, EU-15* * : EU-12

ISCO 88, ISCO 2008 and the Development of the ESeC, BUDAPEST 9 DECEMBER 2005 Major group 2, 1992=100, EU-15* * : EU-12

ISCO 88, ISCO 2008 and the Development of the ESeC, BUDAPEST 9 DECEMBER 2005 Major group 3, 1992=100, EU-15* * : EU-12

ISCO 88, ISCO 2008 and the Development of the ESeC, BUDAPEST 9 DECEMBER 2005 Major groups 4 and 5, 1992=100, EU-15* * : EU-12

ISCO 88, ISCO 2008 and the Development of the ESeC, BUDAPEST 9 DECEMBER 2005 Major group 7, 1992=100, EU-15* * : EU-12

ISCO 88, ISCO 2008 and the Development of the ESeC, BUDAPEST 9 DECEMBER 2005 Major group 8, 1992=100, EU-15* * : EU-12

ISCO 88, ISCO 2008 and the Development of the ESeC, BUDAPEST 9 DECEMBER 2005 Major groups 6 and 9, 1992=100, EU-15* * : EU-12