1. Annual working time
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2. Working time Two sources covering the entire economy National Accounts
Labour Force Survey
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3. Working time National Accounts - annual hours worked (volume of work)
by professional status and NACE
- methodologies applied in Member States:
national_accounts/methodology/employment
Labour Force Survey
- hours usually/actually worked in the reference week
by all other relevant LFS variables
- explanatory notes + LFS methodology
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4. Annual working time
Headline measure for annual working time comes from national accounts
(use of LFS input varies between countries)
Annual working time can also be estimated purely on the basis of the LFS
possibility of estimates for sub-groups of employed persons (e.g. men/women; full-time/part-time;)
such estimates are currently not published on Eurostat’s website
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5. Annual working time
For some countries, there are significant differences between NA estimates and purely LFS-based estimates
Working Groups and countries concerned
- to look into this issue
- to discuss the best way forward
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