Werner Schelling Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor, Cocoyoc, November Labor market data as an important basis for labor market policies in the Austrian Public Employment Service Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor, Cocoyoc, Mexico, November
Werner Schelling Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor, Cocoyoc, November Disposition Austrian labor market Public Employment Service of Austria General data PES data Data on jobseekers Data on participants in labor market measures Data on vacancies Data on enterprises
Werner Schelling Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor, Cocoyoc, November Austrian labor market (2005) Population: 8,2 million Employment: 3,1 million Employment rate 15-64: 68,6 % (EU: 63,8 %) Employment rate women: 62 % (EU: 56,3 %) Employment rate 55-64: 31,8 % (EU: 42,5%) Unemployment: Unemployment rate: 5,2 % (EU: 8,7 %)
Werner Schelling Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor, Cocoyoc, November Public Employment Service of Austria (1) Tasks Information Advising and Councelling Placement Promotion of training and employment Unemployment Benefits Admission of foreign workers to the labor market Organisation 1 central office 9 regional offices 99 local offices
Werner Schelling Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor, Cocoyoc, November Public Employment Service of Austria (2) Staff (full time equivalents) Budget (2005) Administrative and management budget: € 185 million Placement and active labor market policies budget: € million Data Warehouse
Werner Schelling Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor, Cocoyoc, November General data (1) Population census Every 10 years (last one: 2001) Data on all persons living in Austria Data on employment and unemployment, vocational education, occupation etc. Microcensus Survey on households every quarter Data on employment/unemployment, habitation Official unemployment rate according to EUROSTAT standards
Werner Schelling Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor, Cocoyoc, November General data (2) Public social insurance agencies Data on employment General remarks on these data Used by the federal and the regional governments, public agencies (e.g. PES), social partners, research institutes etc. Basis for policy making in different fields: education, vocational training, labor market etc.
Werner Schelling Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor, Cocoyoc, November Data on Jobseekers (1) Persons registered at PES, recorded monthly Key numbers Stock of unemployment (job-search) Flow into unemployment (job-search) Outflow from unemployment (job-search) Duration of unemployment (job-search) Criteria (14) Region, gender, age, occupation, career aspiration, handicap, re-entry into the labor market, job confirmation etc.
Werner Schelling Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor, Cocoyoc, November Data on Jobseekers (2) PES middle-term plan ( ) Prevention of youth from getting long-term unemployed Strategies for the re-entry of women into the labor market after a period of inactivity PES targets 2006 Not more than youth must cross the threshold of 6 months of unemployment
Werner Schelling Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor, Cocoyoc, November Data on Jobseekers (3) PES targets 2006 women who have re-entered into the labor market have to be placed within 6 months women who have re-entered into the labor market have to take part in vocational training measures within 6 months
Werner Schelling Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor, Cocoyoc, November Data on participants in labor market measures (1) Data on current participants (PES data) Key numbers: Stock Inflow Outflow Duration Criteria: The same as for jobseekers
Werner Schelling Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor, Cocoyoc, November Data on participants in labor market measures (2) Data on former participants (PES data connected with social insurance data) Provided for every measure Status of participants at a specific date (e.g. 1, 3, 6, 12 months after the end of the measure): employed, unemployed with or without benefit, other measure etc. Comparison with the respective date before entry into the measure Effect can be exactly quantified
Werner Schelling Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor, Cocoyoc, November Data on vacancies (1) Vacancies notified to PES, recorded monthly Key numbers Stock Inflow Outflow Duration Criteria (8) Region, required level of training, required occupation, filled by PES or not etc.
Werner Schelling Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor, Cocoyoc, November Data on vacancies (2) All vacancies filled (Social insurance data) Key numbers Regions Industries Occupations Comparison with the number of vacancies notified to PES Regions Industries Occupations
Werner Schelling Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor, Cocoyoc, November Data on vacancies (3) PES middle-term plan Enhancement of the penetration rate (percentage of job placings achieved by PES) through: Strategies for professional customer retention and acquisition of new customers Marketing actions in order to support the acquisition of vacancies
Werner Schelling Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor, Cocoyoc, November Data on vacancies (4) PES targets 2006 vacancies have to be acquired from new or inactive customers (enterprises) vacancies have to be filled
Werner Schelling Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor, Cocoyoc, November Data on enterprises (1) Direct access to data provided by the public social insurance agency Data on all enterprises with employees Number of vacancies in the current year Number of vacancies notified to PES Number of vacancies filled by PES Reference values since 2000
Werner Schelling Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor, Cocoyoc, November Data on enterprises (2) These data are the basis for: Regional acquisition plans Planning and realization of personal contacts with enterprises Agreements with enterprises on customer care (announcement of vacancies, filling of vacancies, promotion of job creation etc.)
Werner Schelling Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor, Cocoyoc, November Thank you for your attention! Dr. Werner Schelling Senior adviser for international affairs Arbeitsmarktservice Österreich (Public Employment Service Austria)