Employment and unemployment statistics

Joachim RecktenwaldHead of Unit F2Labour Market Statistics

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Employment and unemployment statistics

How does Eurostat measure employment/unemployment?

Which new labour market indicators are being developed?

The crisis and the labour market: some statistics

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Measurement of employment /unemployment

Comparability is key

Concepts: independent of administrative rules

Sources: guaranteeing reliable figures

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Employment/Unemployment:ILO framework provides the concepts

Overall population

ILO employed ILO unemployed ILO inactive

Labour Force

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Definition of unemployment

Persons aged 15 to 74 who

- are without work- are available to start work within the next 2 weeks- have actively sought employment at some time during the previous four weeks

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Key source: EU Labour Force Survey

Biggest household survey in Europe1.5 million persons are surveyed every quarter

Areas covered: employment, unemployment, working time, education & training

demographic background Annually changing additional modules

2009 Entry of young people into the labour market2010 Reconciliation between work and family life2011 Employment of disabled people2012 Transition from work into retirement

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New supplementary indicators under development

Comparable measures of

Underemployment and potential labour force

Labour market dynamics

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ILO framework

Overall population

ILO employed ILO unemployed ILO inactive

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Supplementary indicators:Underemployment and potential labour force

Overall population

ILO employed ILO unemployed ILO inactive

underemployed potential labour force

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Supplementary indicators:Labour market dynamics

t

t-1

Employed Unemployed Inactive

Employed

Unemployed

Inactive

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Unemployment EU27 and USMonthly unemployment rates, seasonally adjusted

0.0

2.0

4.0

6.0

8.0

10.0

12.0

I II III IV I II III IV I II III IV I II III IV I II III IV I II III IV I II III IV I II III IV I II III IV I II III IV I II

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

% EU27US

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Unemployment EU27

Monthly changes in unemployment, 1000 persons, seasonally adjusted

-400

-300

-200

-100

0

100200

300

400

500

600

700

800

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6

I II III IV I II III IV I II III IV I II III IV I II

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

x 1000

EU27

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Unemployment in Member States

Unemployment rates by Member State, February 2010, seasonally adjusted

4.0

5.56.1 6.3

7.1 7.5 7.6 7.6 7.9 8.0 8.5 8.7 9.09.6

10.2 10.311.0

13.214.2

15.5

19.0

21.7

9.0

5.0

10.1

15.8

9.0

7.7

0

5

10

15

20

25

NL AT

LU SI CY

MT

DE

DK

RO

*U

K** CZ

BE IT BG PL FI SE

EU27 FR EL

*PT H

U IE SK EE*

LT*

ES LV

%

* Q4 2009 ** December 2009

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Unemployment by duration in EU27Number of unemployed by duration in the EU27, 2009Q3

24 months or more:

3.7 million

Between 12 and 23 months:3.6 million

3, 4 or 5 months:3.5 million

Less than 3 months:

6.0 million

Between 6 and 11 months:4.6 million

28%

16%22%

17%

17%

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Unemployment by level of education EU 27Unemployment rates by level of education

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Low Medium High

%

2007Q4 2009Q4

16

Changes in employment EU27

17

Persons who got a new job (EU 27)

Persons whose job started within the past 3 months

2000

2200

2400

2600

2800

3000

3200

3400

3600

3800

4000

2006Q2 2007Q2 2008Q2 2009Q2

x1000

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Employees with temporary contracts EU27Employees with temporary contracts in the EU27

23

24

25

26

27

2006Q02 2007Q02 2008Q02 2009Q02

Million

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Employees with a temporary contract in Member States

Employees with temporary contracts as a share of all employees2009Q4

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

RO LT EE

BG SK

MT LV UK LU BE IE DK

CZ

AT

HU EL IT CY

FR FI

EU

27 DE

SE SI

NL

PT

ES PL

%

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Employment rate of the 20 – 64 year oldsEmployment rate 20-64 year olds, 2009

50

55

60

65

70

75

80

85

90M

T

HU IT RO ES PL

EL

SK IE BE LV LT BG

EU

27 FR EE LU CZ

PT SI FI U

K AT

DE

CY

DK

SE NL

%

EU2020 target