1. LAMAS Working Group 19-21 June 2017
Agenda Item 2.10 Ad-hoc subject for 2022
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2. Background
With the new legal basis a module with an ad-hoc subject is scheduled for 2022: subject has to be set in 2017.
In the first quarter of 2017, Eurostat consulted the Commission DGs to propose topics relevant for their policy.
Eurostat received 6 proposals with short description of policy interest, data needs and partly existing empirical approaches.
Assessment criteria should be:
Policy relevance
Statistical significance
Methodological feasibility in a household survey
Topic can sensibly be covered by 11 variables
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3. Proposals Topic Proposed by 1 Regulated professions DG ECFIN / DG GROW2
Pay Components and reasons for earnings gaps
DG JUST 3
Gig-economy, digitalization and employment conditions 4
Discrimination at work 5
Collaborative economy
DG EMPL 6
Job skills
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4. Assessment Topic Assessment Eurostat LAMAS EoV Regulated professions
Methodologically feasible
Unclear connection to policy interest: removing limitations of regulated professions
Would fill at maximum 4 out of 11 variables
Questionable value added
 Doable but not really suited for LFS
0 %
Pay Components
Problematic to collect through the LFS
Adds high burden to respondents
 not feasible to collect in LFS
3 %
Discrimination at work
Subjective and sensitive questions; especially problematic in proxy situations
Low statistical incidence + underreporting
 Not suitable for LFS
12 %
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5. Assessment Topic Assessment Eurostat LAMAS EoV Gig-economy
Feasible in a household survey; existing experiences
Fits well into one module
Statistical relevance a bit unclear
 In principle suitable for an LFS module
35 %
Collaborative economy
Analogous assessment as for 'gig-economy'
Existing comparable surveys hint at statistical relevance
 Topic is feasible ideally combined with 'gig-economy'
Job skills
Appropriate complexity for a household survey, caveats regarding proxy interview
existing empirical experiences for measurement
Fits well into a module
 Suitable for LFS with developmental work necessary
68 %
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6. LAMAS is asked to:
agree on proposing to the DSS (October 2017) "job skills" as the topic for the LFS 2022 module on ad-hoc subject