1. FROM SCHOOL TO LABOUR MARKET PROJECTS IN ISRAEL Dalit COHEN-LERNER
Department – Education and Teaching Staff
David BEN NAIM
Labour Sector

2. Tertiary education – ISCED97 level 5A, 6
First Degree Holders / Recipients – equivalent to the degree obtained at ISCED97 level 5A
Third Degree / Doctorate Holders (CDH) – equivalent to the degree obtained at ISCED97 level 6

3. First Degree Holders / Recipients ISCED97 level 5A
Characteristics of Studies and Integration into the Labour Market among First Degree Recipients from Institutions of Higher Education in Israel
Students who began studying for first degree between 1999 and 2001
Indicators which estimate :
Prospects for completing first degree by 2008
Prospects for completing first degree, by standard duration
Average months of work per year, by years since completing first degree
Average monthly wages, by years since completing first degree

4. First Degree Holders / Recipients ISCED97 level 5A - continue
Field / Subject of Studies and Integration into the Labour Market among First Degree Recipients from Institutions of Higher Education in Israel
Recipients who were participate in labour force and occupation or place of work (industry) 5 years later

5. Data Sources Administrative Files :
Students and recipients of first degree from institutions of higher education in Israel
Income data from the Israel Tax Authority
Population Register
2008 Census Population

6. Third Degree / Doctorate Holders ISCED97 level 6
CDH survey – Career of Doctorate Holders 2009
Studies in Israel / abroad
Stay in Israel in 1 Dec 2009
Age up 70

7. Monthly Labour Force Survey Transition from quarterly to monthly LFS
Improving the reliability of estimates of monthly labour force characteristics
Reduction of sampling errors
Survey management system improvement
Improving questionnaire - International settings adjustments
Publishing labour force characteristics of small areas
ID Link system

8. Monthly LFS - Data collection
The rotation method : (used in the U.S.A)
Each apartment investigated eight times
Four consecutive months, a break of eight months and then four more consecutive months
Only the first interview will be face to face (CAPI)
The rest of the interviews will be made by phone (CATI)

9. Monthly LFS - Sample size
Number of panels investigated each month
Total households for each panel each month
Number of households each month (Gross)
Number of households each year (Gross)
Number of persons handled each month (net)
Number of persons handled each year (net)
QuarterlyLFS 4
1,000
4,000
48,000
7,520
90,240
Monthly LFS 8
1,500
12,000
144,000
22,560
270,720

10. Monthly LFS - Disseminating the data
The data concerning measuring the transition from school to labour market will study using monthly panel files
Measuring this transition will help estimate the amount of extra manpower in industries and occupations
Examples of using this data:

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