Measuring Labour Force Participation in Denmark Annemette Lindhardt Olsen Statistics Denmark
Contents The statistical system Analyses on labour market participation in Denmark Dissemination Future
The statistical information system
Labour force
Labour market rate by age and 2007
Share of employees in the public sector
Employed aged years by gender and hours worked
Dissemination Thematic publications Database on gender-segregated statistics De-identified microdata for researchers Specially designed reports for ministries, labour market organizations, and other interested parties Gender-segregated earnings statistics for companies
Pros and cons of register-based labour market statistics Data on whole resident population Administrative registers give high quality and regularity Longitudinal data Need for quicker data Hours worked difficult to measure Gender pay-gap difficult to measure Informal sector can not be measured
But in the near future… E-Income - new administrative data –monthly data from employers –hours worked –number of jobs – place of work