Transcript Monitoring Decent Work and Labour Statistics Rafael Diez de Medina Chief Statistician, Director Department of Statistics International Labour Office International Forum on Monitoring National Development: Issues.

Monitoring Decent Work and Labour
Statistics
Rafael Diez de Medina
Chief Statistician, Director
Department of Statistics
International Labour Office
International Forum on Monitoring National Development: Issues and
Challenges
Beijing, People’s Republic of China, 27-29 September 2011
Labour statistics
 Historically, labour market statistics have taken a
macro-perspective on an economy and focused on:
 Labour supply and labour demand in an economy
 Employment and unemployment statistics; ICLS 1925 ... 1998)
 Volume of work and labour cost in an economy
 Statistics of wages and hours of work (ICLS 1923, 1925 ...)
 Classifications:
 Classification of industries and occupations (ICLS 1923, 1925 …)
 International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO) (ICLS
1949, ..., 1988, 2008)
 International classification according to status in employment
(ICSE) (ICLS 1957, 1993, 1998)
ILO concept of decent work
The concept of Decent Work has been defined by the ILO
and endorsed by the international community as
“Opportunities for women and men to obtain decent and
productive work in conditions of freedom, equity, security
and human dignity”.
(Juan Somavia, ILO Director-General, 1999 ILC Report).
Decent work as a global goal
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Decent work dimensions have not been adequately
covered in the past system of labour statistics.
Endorsed by ECOSOC, Presidential Summits and Head
of State Summits in all regions, UN system, European
Union, etc.
ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization
(2008) endorses Decent Work Agenda:
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(i) Rights at work, (ii) Employment; (iii) Social Protection;
(iv) Social Dialogue and tripartism.
Why Monitoring Employment and
Decent Work now is crucial ?
 Labour market distress is rising and this trend will continue well
into 2011 and further, due to possible double dip in key
economies.
 Unemployment which stood at over 6% early in the decade
before decreasing between 2004 and 2007, has since increased
dramatically to reach about 10% on average in 2010.
 Relative to 2007, in 2010, there were 31 million more
unemployed (209 million unemployed), the highest ever
recorded.
 Danger of long-term damage to job prospects and productivity
of current cohort of youth.
 Strain on statistical resources to address the urgent decent
work deficit
Labour Statistics and Decent Work:
commitments to monitor progress towards
decent work
 2008 Declaration on Social Justice for a
Fair Globalization recommends that ILO Members may
consider:
 “the establishment of appropriate indicators or statistics,
if necessary with the assistance of the ILO, to monitor and
evaluate the progress made”
 Monitoring of MDG Goal 1, Target 2:
 Achieve full and productive employment and decent work
for all, including women and young people.
 Strategic partnerships with NSOs, Ministries of Labour,
Social Security institutions, International organizations,
development banks, Academia, workers’ and
employers’ organizations, etc.
Topics which have gained
prominence during the jobs crisis
 Growing world labour force: need to have better estimates
 Informality: informal employment and employment in the informal sector
 Youth unemployment
 Discouraged workers and new forms of “border cases”
 Sectorial labour statistics
 Labour migration
 Wage inequality
 Green jobs
 Rise of insecure forms of work (hours of work, self employment, temporary
contracts)
 Labour share, Productivity and Labour costs
 Impact of stimulus packages
How the ILO is moving forward (i)
 Creation of the ILO Department of Statistics reporting to the
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DG (2009)
New mandate: assuring quality in statistical methods and
products, promoting coordination and coherence within the
different ILO units (child labour, labour market trends, social
protection databases, regional information systems, etc.)
Enhancing data compilation to cope with increased demand
(short-term and annual data)
Development of new user-friendly, interactive ILO statistical
database and portal
Collection of Decent Work Indicators from as many countries
as possible
How the ILO is moving forward (ii)
 Development and application of time-series techniques at
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the international level (outliers, seasonal adjustment, etc.)
Strengthening ILO’s technical assistance to developing
countries, including preparation of manuals and guidelines.
Capacity building to help constituents (NSOs, Ministries of
Labour, Social Security Institutions, workers’ and employers’
organisations, etc.)
Active involvement in the G20 reporting and discussion
Launching of Working Groups to discuss emerging topics for
the 19th ICLS (2013): the measurement of employment and
unemployment
Working Group for the Advancement of
Employment & Unemployment Statistics
 Purpose
To assist the ILO Department of Statistics with the advancement of
employment and unemployment statistics through developmental
work on topics relevant to a necessary revision or supplementation
of the 13th ICLS (1982) Resolution on statistics of the economically
active population, employment, unemployment and
underemployment, such as the development of measures of labour
underutilization to supplement the unemployment rate.
Working Group for the Advancement of
Employment & Unemployment Statistics
 Important
 The consultations that the Department has conducted confirmed that
that the current labour force framework remains relevant and adequate
for the production of labour force statistics.
 However, there is need to render the framework more versatile (i.e. by
developing new supplementary measures) and clear (through clarification
of ambiguities in existing guidelines) so that it can continue to be
relevant to recent labour market developments and policy priorities.
Working Group for the Advancement of
Employment & Unemployment Statistics
(Cont’d)
 Main expected outputs
 To be submitted to the 19th ICLS for consideration and possible
adoption:
 Draft international statistical standard on (a) measure(s) of labour
underutilization to supplement the unemployment rate
 Draft recommendations for a possible revision or supplementation of
the 13th ICLS (1982) Resolution on statistics of the economically active
population, employment, unemployment and underemployment
Working Group for the Advancement of
Employment & Unemployment Statistics
(Cont’d)
 Current WG membership
 Next session in October 2011 in Geneva.
 Regional discussions with ESCAP, ECLAC, ECA, ESCWAS
 Members are expert statisticians from NSO with in-depth
knowledge of/experience in labour force statistics
 45 confirmed members from 30 countries or areas
 +5 observers from Afristat, Eurostat, OECD, etc.
EMPSTATS online platform
 Access by invitation only (WG
members), requires a user id
and password
 Searchable and accessible only
by registered WG members
 Registered WG members agree
to treat all content as
confidential
 To become a WG member, send
request to ILO Department of
Statistics with name &
affiliation of nominee expert
labour statistician
ILO Department of Statistics
http://papyrus.ilo.org/empstats/EMPSTATS
Enhancing data compilation to cope with increased
demand: annual data, including Decent Work
indicators
 Revision and restructuring of the current ILO statistical database
(LABORTSA) and
 Merging of the KILM database with a new database of the
Department of Statistics with relevant modifications and
improvements of the former: Moving to one general ILO data
portal: “ILOSTAT”
 The ILO October Inquiry discontinued and a new product
developed using the DELPHI Survey exercise integrated into the
new database.
 The ILO Decent Work statistical indicators database set up,
covering as many countries as possible
Enhancing data compilation to cope with
increased demand: short-term indicators
Principles and framework for measuring
decent work
 Purpose: (i) to assist constituents to assess progress towards decent
work (PRS, National development frameworks and DWCP) and (ii) to
offer comparable information for analysis and policy development.
 NO ranking of countries & NO composite index.
 Needs to cover all four dimensions of Decent Work derived from
various sources: household and establishment surveys, administrative
records, qualitative information, among others.
 New framework recommended by the 18th ICLS
 Model of international relevance that permits the adaptation to
national circumstances
 Has the potential to evolve dynamically over the years.
 A layered approach to indicators: Main, Additional, Context,
Future and Legal Framework indicators
Grouping of Decent Work Indicators
 Grouping of indicators under 10 substantive elements of the Decent Work Agenda plus
one area on economic and social context:
 1. Employment opportunities (1 + 2)
 2. Adequate earnings and productive work (1 + 3)
 3. Decent hours (1 + 3)
 4. Combining work, family and personal life (1 + 3)
 5. Work that should be abolished (1 + 3)
 6. Stability and security of work (1, 2 + 3)
 7. Equal opportunity and treatment in employment
(1, 2 + 3)
 8. Safe work environment (1 + 3)
 9. Social security (1 + 3)
 10. Social dialogue, workers’ and employers’ representation (1 + 4)
 11. Economic and social context for decent work
Note: (1) Rights at work (2) Employment opportunities (3) Social Protection (4) Social Dialogue
Thank you!
 谢谢。
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