Operationalising and Validating ESEC Information Requirements and Potential

Operationalising and Validating ESEC Information Requirements and Potential Data Sources

Operationalising ESEC: Information Required • Occupation ISCO-88(COM) OUG • Status in employment (ICSE-93) – Self employed, employees, employers • Supervisory duties • Establishment size (local unit) 0 -9, 10+ • Industry (industry/agriculture/services) • Identification of inactive/never worked/other • Reference period/last main job • Unit of analysis: individual/household/background

Examples of Potential Data Sources European Surveys • European Union Labour Force Survey (EULFS) • European Community Household Panel Survey (ECHP) • European Social Survey (ESS) • Structure of Earnings Survey (SES – Feb 2005)

Applying ESEC: Activity Status ECHP Long Term UE Date stopped working + Looking for job? Never Worked Y Other UE Date stopped working + Looking for job? Family Worker Y Retired Y Students Y Sick/Disabled Other inactive Looking After Home Y EU-LFS Y Y Y Y

Applying ESEC: Employment Status ECHP EU-LFS Employment Status Paid employment Paid apprentice Training schemes Self-employment (15+ hours) Occupation (ISCO) 2 digit level Employee Self-emp with employees Own account (1+ hours) Farm (NACE) Sections 2/3 digit level Supervisory supervisory, intermediate, none 1 -4, 5 -19… 1 -10, 11 -19… Size 3/4 digit level

Applying ESEC: Units of Analysis ECHP EU-LFS Last Job YES Household YES (excl. size and supervisory status) YES (complex data request) Parental Background NO NO

Validation: Health, Education, Contracts ECHP Health General health Activity limiting Smoking Body Mass Index Education Highest level attained (ISCED 0 -2, 3, 5 -7) Age completed FT Contracts Type/length of employment contract EU-LFS Highest level completed (ISCED 1. . 6) Year completed Permanent work contract of unlimited duration

Validation: Economic Security, Stability and Prospects ECHP Economic Current status Security Unemployment period before current job Episodes of unemployment Economic Ability to make ends meet Stability Unable to make scheduled repayments Economic Wage and salary earnings Prospects (gross) EU-LFS Current status Situation 1 year before survey Additional payments Variable hours Overtime Take home pay from main job

Concluding Comments • Implementation of ESEC to ECHP restricted by availability of ISCO-88(COM) at 2 digit level • Implementation of ESEC to EU-LFS restricted by absence of supervisory status • EU-LFS only available through requests for tables of aggregate data • Availability of Structure of Earnings Survey