Abstract

The past years have been challenging for producers of Labour Market Statistics. New phenomena have appeared and gained in importance which should be taken into account in data production by official statistics. There are users who look for data such as digital platform employment, that is difficult to be captured by using traditional survey methods. COVID-19 measures have impacted statistical data collection, while at the same time the interest in high quality and timely labour market statistics has risen, and new indicators appropriate for the situation at hand were requested. The EU Labour Force Survey has been the most important source of data on the labour market, but the users still would like to add more topics to the EU LFS or receive more granular data. Moreover there are new ILO resolutions which should be implemented within the EU LFS. From the other hand response rate in the LFS in many countries is decreasing which only confirms that it is more difficult to conduct the survey.
The presentation will discuss above mentioned issues by trying to answer two below questions:
1) Is the EU Labour Force Survey able to deliver data on changing user needs?
2) How to find a balance between high quality data and response burden/LFS costs?