1. LAMAS Working Group 12-13 December 2013
Agenda Item 2.8 Task force on precision requirements: Progress report

2. TF composition

3. Schedule LAMAS' mandate in June 2013 3 meetings
10-11 October 2013
16-17 December 2013
Early 2014
Final report to LAMAS: June 2014

4. Preliminary conclusions after 1st meeting
Precision and distribution requirements
Quarterly requirements
Employment and unemployment to population ratios
Precision requirements depending on population size (15-74)
National and NUTS 2
Precision requirements as standard error (SE) depending on actual estimates

5. Agenda points for the 2nd meeting
Population functions for national and regional requirements for unemployment
NUTS 2: precision vs. distribution requirements
Requirements for employment
Q-Q and Y-Y overlap
Additional distribution requirements for structural variables/modules

6. Other elements: Neutrality constraint (reinterpreted)
Input: quarterly SE at national and regional level for TF countries
Reference for distribution requirements: planned sample

7. How the system would work

8. TIME D= TIME & TERRITORY A C B D TERRITORY C: TERRITORY
A=100% (Quarterly,
national level)
C: TERRITORY
Region 1
Region 2 …
Region j
Region N
TERRITORY
(1 TO 39 NUTS 2 REGIONS)
TIME
13 WEEKS/
3 MONTHS
W1=1/13 A
W2=1/13 A …
Wi=1/13 A
W13=1/13 A D=
TIME & TERRITORY B D

9. LAMAS is invited to: Take note of the work of the task force so far
Be prepared to provide input if the TF needs it