1. LAMAS October 2017
Agenda Item 4.1 JVS State of play Thibaut HENRION

2. OUTLINE I. Data and metadata transmissions
II. Transmission of long time series
III. Timetable

3. I. Data and metadata transmissions
1.1 Late Countries
2017Q2
Final
Portugal
2017Q1
Belgium
Latvia
Malta
Flash
France
Germany
2016Q4
Netherlands

4. 1.2. Quality issues
- Finland: A rather high quarter-on-quarter volatility was recorded for job vacancies and occupied posts.
- Malta: Improvement of its national methodolodgy on estimating the number of job vacancies.
Eurostat also assessed the consistency between occupied posts from JVS and employees from LFS for the whole economy of each country and individual NACE sections.

5. Relative difference between the number of employees (LFS) and occupied posts (JVS) for NACE sections B-S

6. Beveridge curve for the EU 28 and EA 19, 2006Q4 to 2017Q1 (four-quarter average rates)

7. II. Transmission of long time series
2.1 Transmission of long time series (back to 2008)
Don't send
Greece
Netherlands
Send every four quarters
Denmark
2.2 Transmission of back data before 2008 for NACE-rev.2 aggregates
- it concerns : BE, BG, CZ, CY, EE, FI, DE, HU, IE, LV, LT,LU, PL, PT, RO, SI, SK, ES and SE
Could not provide
Belgium
Germany
Did not reply
Ireland

8. 2.3 Publication restrictions Agreed to lift publication restrictions
(2003Q1-2008Q4)
Luxembourg
Spain
Finland
Agreed to lift publication restrictions for JVR
Cyprus
Estonia
Portugal
Slovakia
Sent new estimates for back series
Hungary
Latvia
Lithuania
Romania
Commited to send the new estimates
Bulgaria
Did not agreed to lift publication restrictions
Czech Republic
Sweden
Did not reply
Poland
Slovenia

9. 2.4. Dissemination of JVS data
ISCO & NUTS
Portugal
Romania
NUTS
Belgium
Denmark
ISCO
Macedonia
Job vacancy statistics by NACE Rev. 2 activity, occupation and NUTS 2 regions – quaterly data

10. III. Timetable Date of dissemination Reference period of the data
Deadline for MS transmissions
(t+45 days for the flash JVS and t+70 days for the final JVS)
Flash JVS: 18 MAY 2018
2018Q1
Flash JVS: 15 MAY
Final JVS: 15 JUNE 2018
Final JVS: 9 JUNE
Flash JVS: 20 AUG 2018
2018Q2
Flash JVS: 14 AUG
Final JVS: 14 SEPT 2018
Final JVS: 8 SEPT
Flash JVS: 19 NOV 2018
2018Q3
Flash JVS: 14 NOV
Final JVS: 14 DEC 2018
Final JVS: 9 DEC
Flash JVS: 19 FEB 2019
2018Q4
Flash JVS: 14 FEB 2019
Final JVS: 18 MAR 2019
Final JVS: 11 MAR 2019

11. The LAMAS delegates are invited:
To take note of the state of play as regards JVS transmissions. In particular, countries not respecting the transmission deadlines are reminded to comply with the timeliness required by the JVS regulation. Greece and the Netherlands are invited to provide long time series.
To take note of the state of play as regards transmissions of the quality reports for reference year 2016; Croatia, Estonia, France, Greece, Luxembourg and Sweden are asked to submit their quality report.
As regards Poland, Bulgaria and Ireland, to inform Eurostat of their intention to provide NACE rev2 aggregates before 2008 (Ireland) or to lift publication restrictions on those data (Poland and Slovenia). As regards Bulgaria, to send the new estimates as promised.

12. As regards Finland, to look closer at data volatility and consider improving sources (e.g. sample size) and methods if needed.
To take note of the results of the comparison between JVS and LFS data and of the Beveridge curves by country.
As regards countries with JVS data by ISCO or NUTS, to take note that Eurostat would be keen to collect such data, on an optional basis.
To take note of the proposed JVS release calendar for the reference quarters of 2018.

13. Thank you for your attention!