1. Debriefing from the June 2017 LAMAS meeting Item 3.1 of the agenda
DSS Meeting 3 and 4 October 2017

2. Focus Breaks in time series
Input harmonisation relating to labour force status
Income from main job
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3. Breaks in time series
DSS meeting of March 2017: support to the Eurostat proposal but too ambitious
LAMAS WG of June 2017:
Agreement on a reduced list of indicators/breakdowns; on possible methodological approaches; on what to be transmitted to Eurostat and what to be disseminated by Eurostat;
But importance attached to the issue is very different from one country to another; timetable for transmission/dissemination still discussed
→ Need for further discussion – difficult as countries have no concrete plan yet
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4. Input harmonisation relating to LF status
Input harmonisation limited to labour force status
IESS implementing measure on the LFS:
To include operational definitions of employment/unemployment
Not to include detailed flow charts and model questionnaire
LAMAS discussion focuses on simplified flowcharts to be possibly included in legal basis
Simplified flowcharts: right balance between harmonisation requirements and needed flexibility
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5. Input harmonisation relating to LF status
Simplified flowcharts: good progress made but some open issues:
'At work' module: simplified rules for people aged 65+; recovery questions for small/occasional jobs
'Absence from work' module: precise definitions of parental/maternity/paternity leave
Agreement to replace active/inactive by labour force/outside labour force for all Eurostat dissemination
Conscripts excluded from LFS reference population
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6. Income from main job (INDECIL variable)
LAMAS/DSS decision in 2015: Household income not added to the LFS but quality of INDECIL improved
Progress made:
Data collected as gross or net form but transmitted as gross
Exact value, and not deciles, to be sent to Eurostat
Reference period
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7. Income from main job (INDECIL variable)
Difficult issues:
Components to be included in the income definition to be similar to the SILC variable
Quality of the information to be transmitted: issues with net/gross conversion model and high non-response in a number of countries
→ Support from DSS appreciated
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8. DSS is invited to …
take note of progress made/open issues in relation to break in time series
to take note of progress made/open issues in relation to the development of simplified flowcharts for the labour force status module
support the proposed way forward for 'income from main job' so that quality information is produced
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