1. Werner Schelling Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor, Cocoyoc, November 7 2006 1 Labor market data as an important basis for labor market policies in the Austrian Public Employment Service Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor, Cocoyoc, Mexico, November 7 2006

2. Werner Schelling Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor, Cocoyoc, November 7 2006 2 Disposition Austrian labor market Public Employment Service of Austria General data PES data  Data on jobseekers  Data on participants in labor market measures  Data on vacancies  Data on enterprises

3. Werner Schelling Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor, Cocoyoc, November 7 2006 3 Austrian labor market (2005) Population: 8,2 million Employment: 3,1 million Employment rate 15-64: 68,6 % (EU: 63,8 %) Employment rate women: 62 % (EU: 56,3 %) Employment rate 55-64: 31,8 % (EU: 42,5%) Unemployment: 253.000 Unemployment rate: 5,2 % (EU: 8,7 %)

4. Werner Schelling Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor, Cocoyoc, November 7 2006 4 Public Employment Service of Austria (1) Tasks  Information  Advising and Councelling  Placement  Promotion of training and employment  Unemployment Benefits  Admission of foreign workers to the labor market Organisation 1 central office 9 regional offices 99 local offices

5. Werner Schelling Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor, Cocoyoc, November 7 2006 5 Public Employment Service of Austria (2) Staff  4.348 (full time equivalents) Budget (2005)  Administrative and management budget: € 185 million  Placement and active labor market policies budget: € 1.158 million Data Warehouse

6. Werner Schelling Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor, Cocoyoc, November 7 2006 6 General data (1) Population census  Every 10 years (last one: 2001)  Data on all persons living in Austria  Data on employment and unemployment, vocational education, occupation etc. Microcensus  Survey on 22.500 households every quarter  Data on employment/unemployment, habitation  Official unemployment rate according to EUROSTAT standards

7. Werner Schelling Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor, Cocoyoc, November 7 2006 7 General data (2) Public social insurance agencies  Data on employment General remarks on these data  Used by the federal and the regional governments, public agencies (e.g. PES), social partners, research institutes etc.  Basis for policy making in different fields: education, vocational training, labor market etc.

8. Werner Schelling Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor, Cocoyoc, November 7 2006 8 Data on Jobseekers (1) Persons registered at PES, recorded monthly Key numbers  Stock of unemployment (job-search)  Flow into unemployment (job-search)  Outflow from unemployment (job-search)  Duration of unemployment (job-search) Criteria (14)  Region, gender, age, occupation, career aspiration, handicap, re-entry into the labor market, job confirmation etc.

9. Werner Schelling Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor, Cocoyoc, November 7 2006 9 Data on Jobseekers (2) PES middle-term plan (2006-2008)  Prevention of youth from getting long-term unemployed  Strategies for the re-entry of women into the labor market after a period of inactivity PES targets 2006  Not more than 8.857 youth must cross the threshold of 6 months of unemployment

10. Werner Schelling Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor, Cocoyoc, November 7 2006 10 Data on Jobseekers (3) PES targets 2006  25.425 women who have re-entered into the labor market have to be placed within 6 months  14.566 women who have re-entered into the labor market have to take part in vocational training measures within 6 months

11. Werner Schelling Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor, Cocoyoc, November 7 2006 11 Data on participants in labor market measures (1) Data on current participants (PES data) Key numbers:  Stock  Inflow  Outflow  Duration Criteria:  The same as for jobseekers

12. Werner Schelling Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor, Cocoyoc, November 7 2006 12 Data on participants in labor market measures (2) Data on former participants (PES data connected with social insurance data)  Provided for every measure  Status of participants at a specific date (e.g. 1, 3, 6, 12 months after the end of the measure): employed, unemployed with or without benefit, other measure etc.  Comparison with the respective date before entry into the measure  Effect can be exactly quantified

13. Werner Schelling Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor, Cocoyoc, November 7 2006 13 Data on vacancies (1) Vacancies notified to PES, recorded monthly Key numbers  Stock  Inflow  Outflow  Duration Criteria (8)  Region, required level of training, required occupation, filled by PES or not etc.

14. Werner Schelling Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor, Cocoyoc, November 7 2006 14 Data on vacancies (2) All vacancies filled (Social insurance data) Key numbers  Regions  Industries  Occupations Comparison with the number of vacancies notified to PES  Regions  Industries  Occupations

15. Werner Schelling Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor, Cocoyoc, November 7 2006 15 Data on vacancies (3) PES middle-term plan  Enhancement of the penetration rate (percentage of job placings achieved by PES) through:  Strategies for professional customer retention and acquisition of new customers  Marketing actions in order to support the acquisition of vacancies

16. Werner Schelling Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor, Cocoyoc, November 7 2006 16 Data on vacancies (4) PES targets 2006  54.943 vacancies have to be acquired from new or inactive customers (enterprises)  290.873 vacancies have to be filled

17. Werner Schelling Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor, Cocoyoc, November 7 2006 17 Data on enterprises (1) Direct access to data provided by the public social insurance agency Data on all enterprises with employees  Number of vacancies in the current year  Number of vacancies notified to PES  Number of vacancies filled by PES  Reference values since 2000

18. Werner Schelling Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor, Cocoyoc, November 7 2006 18 Data on enterprises (2) These data are the basis for:  Regional acquisition plans  Planning and realization of personal contacts with enterprises  Agreements with enterprises on customer care (announcement of vacancies, filling of vacancies, promotion of job creation etc.)

19. Werner Schelling Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor, Cocoyoc, November 7 2006 19 Thank you for your attention! Dr. Werner Schelling Senior adviser for international affairs Arbeitsmarktservice Österreich (Public Employment Service Austria) werner.schelling@ams.at 0043-5574-691-80103