1. Labour market statistics- State of play
Lourdes Prado
Eurostat Unit E4
Regional statistics and geographical information
Oct-2011

2. STRUCTURE OF THE TALK Background Sources Dissemination
Conclusions and future steps
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3. 1. Background
Present clear picture of regional labour market data dealt with in Unit E4
Growing in interest in regional data  Changes in data compilation need to be carried out
NUTS 2 data
- Compiled in Unit F2 (Labour Market)
- EU-LFS accurate information national and NUTS 2 level
- Microdata provided by all participating countries
- Production & dissemination of complete set of indicators
NUTS 3 data  Needed
- No legal basis for transmission in LFS
- Countries transmitting on a voluntary basis
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4. 2. Sources Source for NUTS 2 EU-LFS MS transmit data to Unit F2
F2 provides data to Unit E4
Data for year T validated, uploaded and released in T+1
Complex situation for NUTS 3 Changes needed
NUTS 3 in the past not transmitted under LFS Request made to MS by unit E4. No microdata transmission, but tabulated aggregates.
Recent years MS started to send NUTS 3 codes in the LFS microdata to unit F2 (TASK framework).
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5. 2. Sources Currently 2 sources for NUTS 3 data
- Tabulated aggregates sent by RESCOs to Unit E4
- NUTS 3 codes in LFS microdata sent to Unit F2
Both on a voluntary basis
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6. 2. Sources Tabulated aggregates (for NUTS 3) sent to Unit E4
- One single request from this year onwards
- Last data: 2010 (emp, unemp, act pop, work age pop)
- MS reporting: 19 (BG, CZ, DE, EE, IE, ES, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, AT, PL, RO, SI, SK, SE and UK). Waiting for data from DK.
- No answer: BE, MT, PT
- Gr and FI not sending data to E4. E4 uses data from F2.
- Not applicable: CY and LU
- No data requested to EFTA and Candidate countries
- LFS source used by most of the countries
- Some MS use other sources (registers, small area estimation, etc.) or a combination of LFS and other sources (DK, DE, FR, NL, AT).
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8. 2. Sources NUTS 3 codes in the LFS microdata sent to unit F2:
- TASK framework. NUTS 3 data not for publication, but aggregated.
- Last data: 2001 Q2
- Coverage considerably improved
- 20 MS (BE, BG, CZ, DK, EE, IE, GR, ES, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, AT, SK, FI, SE and UK) plus Norway transmitting data
- 5 MS not providing NUTS 3 codes in LFS microdata: DE, PL, PT, RO and SI.
- Not applicable for CY and LU
Picture considering both sources:
- Data available for 24 MS from one source or another
- No data available for PT
- 15 MS transmitting data to both units
- From this, 4 MS using other sources apart from LFSpossible differences in data
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10. 3. Sources 2 issues raised:
- MS are being contacted twice concerning the same data. Is this necessary?
- Inconsistencies in the two datasets for some countries. Which source to be used if this is the case?
Possible approachCoutries providing just LFS based data could stop the tranmission to unit E4 if they enable this unit to use the NUTS 3 microdata sent to unit F2 in LFS transmissions.
Those countries using other sources appart from LFS would continue reporting to E4.
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11. 2. Sources Participants are asked to:
- Confirm the state of play of NUTS 3 labour market data transmissions
- Give their view on the issues raised concerning sources
- Enable Eurostat unit E4 to use the NUTS 3 microdata sent in the LFS transmission to unit F2
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12. 3. Dissemination NUTS 2 Complete series of tables and indicators
available in both the regional and the LFS domains.
Data for year T published before summer break in T+1 followed by SIF and Press Release
NUTS 3 Reflection needed on 2 issues
- Establishment of publication level
NUTS 3 used for measuring labour market disparities (dispersion, upr)
NUTS 3 at aggregated level (Metropolitan regions, urban-rural)
User demand for unemployment rates at NUTS 3 level
- Establishment of validation/reliability rules in line with those in the EU-LFS Publishing Guidelines. Reliability restrictions, set the limits below which data should be flagged or not published.
Feedback from MS needed for both issues
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13. 4. Conclusions
NUTS 3 data growing in importancecrucial for cohesion analysis and policy making
Powerful reasons to reflect on the status of the NUTS 3 labour market data collection:
- 2 sources
- quality and validation questioned
- some MS not sure about the reliability of the data
Changes neededsound and reliable NUTS 3 dataset aimed at
Eurostat is working on the possibility of launching a project
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14. 4. Conclusions
Participants are asked to give their feedback on the following issues regarding the NUTS 3 level:
- Source to be used
- Agree on the use of LFS NUTS 3 microdata by unit E4
- Data to be released
- Validation/reliability rules
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15. THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION
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