1. Item 5.3 Feasibility studies
Eurostat F3
Education and Training Statistics Working Group – 2-3 June 2016

2. IESS framework regulation: feasibility studies
IESS (Integrated European Social Statistics) framework regulation: feasibility and pilot studies to be implemented
For the 'Labour market' domain (LFS):
List prepared by LAMAS and discussed by DSS
To be finalised taking into account:
Any input from the ETS WG
Adding a timetable to the list

3. IESS framework regulation: feasibility studies
List for the 'Labour market' domain (LFS) covers:
Incentives in data collection
Attrition bias
Proxy interviews
LFS flows
Feasibility of providing full sets of information for measures of variation
Wave approach
Household sub-sampling
Definition of employment/unemployment
Monthly unemployment rate
Multi-mode data collection

4. IESS framework regulation: feasibility studies
For the 'education and training' domain
ETS consulted for the first time on draft list
ETS invited to propose additional feasibility studies
List covers:
Feasibility studies on self-reported skills

5. ETS Working Group is asked to:
Propose feasibility studies on education and training to be implemented in 'Labour market' domain;
Comment on the proposed feasibility study on skills and to propose some more feasibility studies to be implemented for the 'education and training' domain;
And to indicate interest in participation in some feasibility studies.