European system of Labour Costs European Union European
European system of Labour Costs
European Union • European union; council, Parliament and Commission • Eurostat is one of forty General Directorates in the Commission 2 11/1/2020
Eurostat • Mission: to be the leading provider of high quality statistics on Europe • Its task is to provide the European Union with statistics at European level that enable comparisons between countries and regions 3 11/1/2020
Eurostat • Established in 1953 to meet the requirements of the Coal and Steel Community • Became a Directorate-General (DG) of the European Commission in 1958 • Key role: to supply statistics to other DGs, the Commission and other European Institutions • The result: Eurostat offers a whole range of data that governments, businesses, journalists and the public can use 4 11/1/2020
Eurostat • Does not collect data • Data stems from the Member States • Consolidate the data • Ensure they are comparable 5 11/1/2020
Eurostat • Eurostat is divided in 7 Directorates • Directorate F is about ”Social Statistics” • One of 5 sections under Social Statistics is ”Labour Market” • Each section has its own so-called Working group. LAbour MArket Statistics (LAMAS) 6 11/1/2020
Statistics in Labour market • • 7 Labour Cost Survey (LCS) Structure of Earnings Survey (SES) Labour Cost index Gender Pay Gap Labour Force Survey Labour Market Policy Job Vacancies 11/1/2020
The statistics - legislation • Council regulation: frame of the survey • Commission regulation: how to implement the survey • Gentlemen’s agreement 8 11/1/2020
LAMAS working group • Participants: – – – – 9 Eurostat All member states Candidate countries Potential candidate countries European central bank DG employment Business Europe, ILO, OECD 11/1/2020
LAMAS working group • Discussions in LAMAS takes in some way its starting point the regulations • One of the most important statistics is the LCI • Sources for the statistics are also discussed 10 11/1/2020
Possible sources – Tailored questionnaires – Existing surveys – Administrative sources – Combination of sources 11 11/1/2020
Tailored questionnaires • Questionnaire designed for the specific survey 12 11/1/2020
Existing survey • National yearly surveys • National quarterly surveys • National monthly surveys 13 11/1/2020
Administrative sources • Other databases which collect the information – E. g. . The earnings and working hours database of the national office for social security (Belgium) • IT pay systems 14 11/1/2020
Combinations • Using administrative source when possible • Using national surveys • Tailored questionnaire for the rest 15 11/1/2020
The Danish Structure of Earnings Survey • Yearly survey • Coverage: – All public companies – All private companies with more than 9 employees • Collecting: – All employees in the company on individual level. 16 11/1/2020
The Danish Structure of Earnings Survey • How do we collect the information? – IT pay-roll system • 99 % of all private companies • 100 % of all public companies – Online questionnaire • 1% of all private companies 17 11/1/2020
The Danish Structure of Earnings survey • IT pay-roll system – Monthly payments are split into relevant requested information – Companies job: • Keep statistical information up to date 18 11/1/2020
The Danish Labour Cost Survey • Yearly survey • Coverage: – A sample of private companies with more than 9 employees • Collecting: – Information at company level. 19 11/1/2020
The Danish Labour Cost Survey • Danish Structure of earnings survey • National pension fund • Tailored questionnaire 20 11/1/2020
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