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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

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

8. 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

9. 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

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

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

12. 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

13. Thank you for your attention!
Contact:
October 2014