1. SEE Jobs Gateway Database 2018
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The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies
SEE Jobs Gateway Database 2018
Presentation: 29 May 2018
Monika Schwarzhappel, wiiw

2. SEE Jobs Gateway Database
Content of database
Strength and weaknesses
SEE Jobs Gateway Database online

3. SEE Jobs Gateway Database – Content
Key economic indicators: GDP, CPI
Labor market:
Population, activity, employment, unemployment, inactivity
Informal employment
Non-standard forms of employment (temporary, part-time, self-employment)
Long-term unemployment
Youth not in employment, education, or training (NEET)
Labor market – sub-national data
Earnings and unit labor costs
Average monthly gross wages, monthly gross minimum wages
Unit labor costs

4. SEE Jobs Gateway Database – Content
Basis for labor market data: Labor Force surveys
Countries covered:
6 Western Balkans: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, FYR Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia
Western Balkans-6: Aggregate 6 countries (only if data are available for countries)
4 EU peer countries: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary
Availability:
Annual and quarterly data – 2010 to 2017 (Q2)
About time series
Excellent support from the Statistical Offices of the region

5. SEE Jobs Gateway Database – Strength and weaknesses
Strengths
Weaknesses
Harmonized labor market data
- across countries
- over time
Some breaks in methodology remain  described in metadata
Disaggreated data by gender, age and education
No cross-tabulation in the graphical online tool, but data accessible in Excel
Comparison with EU countries possible
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Allowing analyses on sub-national level, NUTS-2
NUTS-2 level not fully comparable across Western Balkans
Timeliness of data
SEE Jobs Gateway Database - a unique and detailed
set of labor market data for the Western Balkans!

6. SEE Jobs Gateway Database – Database online
SEE Jobs Gateway Database online

7. SEE Jobs Gateway Database – Database online
Activity rates
Continued increase in activity rates – but female rates are (very) low compared to peer countries

8. SEE Jobs Gateway Database – Database online
Unemployment rates
Unemployment decreasing in most countries, but levels remain high

9. SEE Jobs Gateway Database – Database online
Temporary employment
Temporary employment highest among young people

10. SEE Jobs Gateway Database – Database online
Informal employment
Despite declining, informal sector employment remains at high levels

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