Regional Labour Market Item 6.4 of the agenda Daniela Sciranková Eurostat Unit E4 WG on Regional, Urban and Rural Development statistics – 2014 October

Content LFS NUTS 2 data dissemination 2013 NUTS 3 data collection Labour market aggregates by typology Conclusion of the Task Force on EU-LFS precision requirements October 2014

NUTS 2 data As from April 2014 unit F3 fully responsible for the NUTS 2 data production and dissemination Streamlined release procedure Annual EU-LFS data published on 15 April 2014 Timeliness improved by 5 weeks October 2014

NUTS 3 data collection 2013 data received from 24 out of the relevant 26 MS 17 countries allow use of aggregations based on LFS microdata IE and AT provide unemployment data to E4 to complement the NUTS 3 micro data CZ and ES send data based on LFS to E4 FR and HR did not provide NUTS 3 data October 2014

2013 NUTS 3 data transmission MS in green: aggregated data based on LFS micro data (or NUTS 3 data sent to E4 as tabulated data but available also in LFS micro data) MS in light blue: tabulated data or data aggregated by typology sent to unit E4

Update of the labour market data by regional typologies Metropolitan regions and Urban-Rural typology datasets updated on 10 October A new set of the labour market datasets on maritime regions published on 15 October October 2014

NEW in Eurobase: Labour market statistics by maritime regions October 2014

Availability of NUTS 3 data for regional typologies further improved In the past, LFS reliability limits were applied for the individual NUTS 3 data, which resulted in unnecessary high number of missing aggregate values. NOW: LFS reliability limits applied directly on the aggregated labour market data by regional typologies October 2014

Improvements in coverage in typology tables Example: Unemployment by sex and age by metropolitan regions (met_lfu3pers) by urban-rural typology (urt_lfu3pers) Breakdown: Year: 2013, Age: Y_GE15, Y15-24, Y_GE25, Y20-64, Sex: Total, Males, Females. October 2014

Change in data availability of aggregate values Unemployment by sex and age by metropolitan regions (met_lfu3pers) October 2014

Change in data availability of aggregate values Unemployment by sex and age by urban-rural typology (urt_lfu3pers) October 2014

Conclusion of the Task Force on EU-LFS precision requirements Final report available (Doc.: Eurostat/F3/LAMAS/06/14) If implemented, the recommendations will lead to better availability and quality of regional LFS estimates Initial plan by unit E4 to set up a Task Force on Small Area Estimation Methods suspended October 2014

Thank you for your attention! Contact: ESTAT-REGIO@ec.europa.eu October 2014