Labour market performance劳动力市场表现.pptVIP

* * * * * GENDER ISSUESin Labour Household Surveys TURIN, 9-12 Dec.2008 AHMAD HUSSEIN CONSULTANT ahmad.hussein@ BASED ON DOCUMENTS PREPARED BY MEHRAN AND MATTA * Sources of employment and unemployment data Labour force surveys, population censuses, other household surveys Establishment surveys and censuses not unemployment data employment in small enterprises not well covered Administrative records social security files, income tax returns, employment offices records, unemployment insurance data * Main concepts and definitions Possible questions Design and preparation Analysis ( Thursday presentation) Labour force household surveys See also Training Compendium Module 1 * Main concepts Economic activity (“Work”) Economically active population Employment Inadequate employment, underemployment Unemployment Inactive population Usual status, current status Age cut-off * Economic activity (“Work”) Activities within production boundary as defined by the System of National Accounts (SNA) production boundary (see Figure 1b of TrainingCompendium) Production of all goods, for pay or for own-use Production of services for pay Certain production of services for own consumption (wood, water carrying) * Economic activity (“Work”) Important to measure “work” carefully Requires detailed questions and interviewer probing See paper on measuring economic activities on women and children * EMPLOYMENT Employed = persons at work during the reference week, even for one hour + persons with a job/business, but temporarily absent from work * UNEMPLOYMENT Three criteria Not employed during the reference week Currently available for work Actively seeking work in a recent past (such as last 4 weeks) Strict definition: All three criteria Relaxed definition: Only first two criteria Discouraged workers * UNEMPLOYMENT Special treatment: Future starts Lay-offs Discouraged workers Seasonal workers Provision when labour market largely not organized (relaxed