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European Conference on Quality in Official Statistics Helsinki, 3-6 May 2010

Improving the quality of the Labour Force Survey: from words to action

Nicola Massarelli - Eurostatnicola.massarelli@ec.europa.eu

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F2010 or the LFS?

Q 2010, Helsinki, 3-6 May 2010 Improving the quality of the Labour Force Survey: from words to actions

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Q 2010, Helsinki, 3-6 May 2010 Improving the quality of the Labour Force Survey: from words to actions

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Ferrari in the '50s

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Number of recommendations by type and topic (from the TF on the quality of the LFS)

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1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Samplingdesign and

sampling errors

Weightingschemes

Non-response Interviewersand fieldworkorganization

Survey modesand

questionnaire

Information forusers

Coherence Comparabilityof employment

andunemployment

statistics

Relevance ofILO concepts

of employmentand

unemployment

Timeliness andPunctuality

Other=12 recommendations

Eurostat=9 recommendations

Reference=8 recommendations

Priorities=14 recommendations

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Main features of the implementation strategy for MS

1. National self-assessment against the recommendations

2. National action plan (NAP)

3. Support group

4. National coordinators

5. Sharing experiences

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Number of deviating countries per recommendation Average by topic (recommendations to MS only)

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2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

Sampling designand sampling

errors

Weightingschemes

Non-response Interviewers andfieldwork

organization

Survey modesand

questionnaire

Information forusers

Coherence Comparability ofemployment andunemployment

statistics

Timeliness andPunctuality

N. of deviations (271 in total)

N. of planned activities (166 in total)

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Recommendations to Eurostat

1. To clarify parts of the legal text governing the LFS

2. To harmonize some of the main quality indicators

3. To develop comparable new labour market indicators

4. To undertake the necessary steps to improve the timeliness of the survey results and to establish a release calendar

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Conclusions: key factors to success

Clear objectives and a sound strategy

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ResourcesThe human factor

Competence

Knowledge sharing

Commitment

The right degree of ambition

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