1. Measuring Labour Force Participation in Denmark Annemette Lindhardt Olsen Statistics Denmark

2. Contents The statistical system Analyses on labour market participation in Denmark Dissemination Future

3. The statistical information system

4. Labour force 1958-2007

5. Labour market rate by age. 1950 and 2007

6. Share of employees in the public sector

7. Employed aged 30-54 years by gender and hours worked. 1997-2007

8. Dissemination www.StatBank Thematic publications Database on gender-segregated statistics De-identified microdata for researchers Specially designed reports for ministries, labour market organizations, and other interested parties Gender-segregated earnings statistics for companies

9. Pros and cons of register-based labour market statistics Data on whole resident population Administrative registers give high quality and regularity Longitudinal data Need for quicker data Hours worked difficult to measure Gender pay-gap difficult to measure Informal sector can not be measured

10. But in the near future… E-Income - new administrative data –monthly data from employers –hours worked –number of jobs – place of work