Transcript Economic characteristics: Main changes to chapter Elisa Benes, ILO Department of Statistics CES 6th Meeting: Experts on Population & Housing Censuses 23-26 September 2014,

Economic characteristics:
Main changes to chapter
Elisa Benes, ILO Department of Statistics
CES 6th Meeting: Experts on Population & Housing Censuses
23-26 September 2014, Geneva, Switzerland
Contents
• Rationale
• Type of revisions introduced
• Main changes by section
• Some issues raised
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Rationale for main chapter update
International standards in labour statistics recently adopted:
• Resolution concerning statistics of work, employment and labour
underutilization (19th ICLS, 2013)
– Updates standards on economically active population from 1982
– Sets new reference framework for work and labour market statistics
• Resolution concerning statistics on working time (18th ICLS, 2008)
– New working time concepts, including “hours usually worked”
• International Standard Classification of Occupations, ISCO-08 (2008)
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Main type of revisions introduced
• Chapter structure
– Minor reorganization of topics
• Updates as per new standards
– Concepts, definitions, terminology, measurement guidelines
• Topics
– Most topics retained
– A few non-core topics removed
• usual activity, informal employment, time-related underemployment
– One new topic & sub-classification added
• Persons in own-use production of goods
• Classification of persons outside labour force by labour market attachment
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Main changes by section (I)
2010 CES Census Recommendations
Introduction
Economic activity of persons
New draft chapter
Introduction
Updated
Reference concepts
-Work,
-Forms of work
Measurement in the population census
-Forms of work suitable for measurement
-Age limits
Reference concepts:
Work & forms of work
Reference concept for
Labour Force status
Work concept: aligned with General production boundary
Employment: more narrowly defined as work for pay or profit
Main changes by section (II)
2010 CES Census Recommendations
Current activity status (core)
-Employed persons
Updated
-Unemployed persons
-Population not currently active
New draft chapter
Labour force status (core)
-Employed persons
-simplified guidance for temporary absence
-Unemployed persons
-relaxation of job search no longer optional
-Persons outside the labour force
-New classif. by labour market attachment
Usual activity status (non-core)
Updated
-Usually active / Not usually active pop.
-Difference between main & usual status
-Rec. classification by activity status
Removed as per 19th ICLS resolution &
country practice
Providers of unpaid services,
volunteers (non-core)
Defined under “Reference concepts”
Measure in hh surveys or census long-form
Updated
-Rec. classification by labour force status
New optional classification of POLF by
labour market attachment
• Employed (for pay/profit)
• Unemployed (seeking AND available)
Labour
force
• Persons outside the labour force (POLF)
– Seeking, not available
– Available, not seeking
– Others, want work
– Others, do not want work
Potential
labour force
Usual activity status:
Why proposed for removal?
• Problems with data quality (recall)
• Multiple approaches used leading to different results
– Recall by month
– Single recall over long reference period
– Job-based recall
– Different reference periods used (6 months, 12 months)
• Often mixed with main activity
• Limited implementation particularly in population census
• Removed from international standards by 19th ICLS
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Usual activity status:
2010 Round of Population Censuses
Total
Current activity status
Usual activity status
Unclear
Africa
27
19
3
5
America (North)
18
17
1
0
America (South)
6
6
0
0
Asia
27
19
7
1
Europe
24
21
0
3
Oceania
22
21
0
1
124
103
11
10
World
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Main changes by section (III)
2010 CES Census Recommendations
New draft chapter
Selection of “job”
Updated
Incl. new definitions of “job” & “main job”
Occupation (core)
Updated
Ref. to ISCO-08
Industry (core)
Updated
Ref. to ISIC rev. 4 & NACE rev. 2
Status in employment (core)
Updated
Ref. to ICSE-93
Type of sector (non-core)
Informal employment (non-core)
Removed as per country practice
Place of work
-Type of place of work (non-core)
Minor changes to align with intl. guidance
No. persons working in local unit (non-core)
Time usually worked (non-core)
Updated
Time-related underemployment (non-core)
Hours usually worked (non-core)
-Aligned with concept & definition of “hours
usually worked” as per 18th ICLS resolution
Removed as per country practice
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Main changes by section (IV)
2010 CES Census Recommendations
Duration of unemployment
(non-core)
Updated
NEW
New draft chapter
Duration of job search (non-core)
-New definition of “job search” as per 19th
ICLS resolution
Persons in own-use production of goods
(core)
Main source of livelihood (non-core)
Income (non-core)
Updated
Household income (non-core)
-Definition aligned with intl. standards on
household income & expenditure statistics
(17th ICLS, 2003)
-Additional guidance on components of
household income
-Household surveys identified as more
suitable data source
Socio-economic groups (derived non-core)
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New topic:
Persons in own-use production of goods
• Proposed as core topic given its relevance in certain contexts
– However, for measurement ONLY as per national context
• Option to measure in short OR long reference period as per objectives
– Short ref. period: for comparisons with employment & labour force status
– Long ref. period: for focus on agriculture
• Activity scope: production of goods within SNA production boundary,
when intended mainly for household or family use
– Same as used in ISCO-08 to separately identify subsistence farmers, fishers,
hunters and gatherers
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National census example (1):
Measured separate from employment
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National census example (2):
Measured separate from employment
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National census example (3):
Measured separate from employment
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National census example (4):
Measured as part of employment
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Some other issues raised (I)
• Para. 33: Need to retain breakdown of unemployed to identify first-time job
seekers?
(1.0) Labour force
(1.1) Employed
(1.2) Unemployed, of which
Unemployed, never worked before
(2.0) Outside the labour force
...
• Para. 51: Treatment of owner-managers of incorporated enterprises
– Recognizes both EU SNA recommendations and ISCE-93
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Some other issues raised (II)
• Para. 33: Need to retain breakdown of unemployed to identify first-time job
seekers?
(1.0) Labour force
(1.1) Employed
(1.2) Unemployed, of which
Unemployed, never worked before
(2.0) Outside the labour force
...
• Para. 51: Treatment of owner-managers of incorporated enterprises
– Recognizes both EU SNA recommendations and ISCE-93
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Resources and Contact
• 19th International Conference of labour statisticians
http://www.ilo.org/19thicls
• ICLS Resolutions and Guidelines
http://www.ilo.org/global/statistics-and databases/standards-and-guidelines/
• STATISTICS contact
[email protected]
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