1. SEE Jobs Gateway Database 2019
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The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies
SEE Jobs Gateway Database 2019
Presentation Belgrad: 19 May 2019
Monika Schwarzhappel, wiiw

2. SEE Jobs Gateway Database
Content of database
Strength and weaknesses
SEE Jobs Gateway Database online

3. SEE Jobs Gateway Database – Content
Key economic indicators: GDP, CPI
Labor market – by gender, age and education:
Population, activity, employment, unemployment, inactivity
Non-standard forms of employment (temporary, part-time, self-employment)
Informal employment (agriculture, non-agriculture)
Long-term unemployment
Youth not in employment, education, or training (NEET)
Labor market sub-national data – by gender
Earnings and unit labor costs
Average monthly gross wages, monthly gross minimum wages
Unit labor costs
Available on a quarterly and annual basis

4. SEE Jobs Gateway Database – Content
Basis for labor market data: Labor Force surveys
Countries covered:
6 Western Balkans: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia
Western Balkans-6: Aggregate 6 countries (only if data are available for countries)
4 EU peer countries: Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary
Availability:
Annual and quarterly data – 2010 to 2018 (Q2)
About time series
Excellent support from the Statistical Offices of the region

5. SEE Jobs Gateway Database – Strength and weaknesses
Strengths
Weaknesses
Harmonized labor market data
- across countries
- over time
Some breaks in methodology remain  described in metadata
Disaggreated data by gender, age and education
No cross-tabulation in the graphical online tool, but data accessible in Excel
Comparison with EU countries possible
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Allowing analyses on sub-national level, NUTS-2
NUTS-2 level not fully comparable across Western Balkans
Timeliness of data
SEE Jobs Gateway Database - a unique and detailed
set of labor market data for the Western Balkans!

6. SEE Jobs Gateway Database – Database online
SEE Jobs Gateway Database online

7. SEE Jobs Gateway Database – Database online
Activity rates
Continued increase in activity rates – but female rates are low compared to peer countries
Adjust the legend:
Download data of the graph:
Select all years, dimension 15+  deselect years in the legend
Select all years, dimension Gender  deselect male in the legend
show TABLE below the graph – all data of the graph listed
to download – click ‘EXPORT’

8. SEE Jobs Gateway Database – Database online
Unemployment rates
Unemployment decreasing in most countries, but levels remain high
Show quarters:
Export the graph:
Select 2 years, all quarters, dimension 15+  mouse over in the bars to see the numbers
Icon on the upper right-hand side allows to download various formats

9. SEE Jobs Gateway Database – Database online
Temporary employees’ share
Share of temporary employed persons is highest among young people
Adjust the legend:
Select all years, dimension Age  too many bars  deselect age etc.
Download full dataset:
Parameter ‘Dimension’ allows to shows either age or gender or education
Download full dataset allows the cross-tabulation!!

10. SEE Jobs Gateway Database – Database online
Gross wages
Average gross monthly wages are highest in Montenegro
New drop-down-menu ‘Unit’:
Meta data:
‘Unit’ allows to select currencies and growth rates
For methodological deviations from standard (e.g. AT)  see meta data in Description of the database

11. Thank you for your attention
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