The Application of ESEC to EU Statistical Sources

1. The Application of ESEC to EU Statistical Sources Rhys Davies Warwick Institute for Employment Research

2. Outline of Presentation • Overview of data sources • Information requirements for constructing ESEC • Comparisons of employment status • Comparisons of occupational composition • Presentation of ESEC distributions • Inactivity and the ESEC distributions • Assigning a household ESEC • Statistical compendium

3. Overview of Data Sources • European Community Household Panel Survey • 8 annual waves 1994-2001 - discontinued • Replaced by EU-SILC in 2004 • European Labour Force Survey • quarterly household survey by NSIs • persons aged 15+ living in private households • European Social Survey • biennial attitudinal survey 2002/3, 2004/5

4. Information Requirements • Status in employment • employers / self employed / employees • Occupation • service relationship (higher professional, senior administrative and senior management) • labour contract (‘working class occupations’) • intermediate (clerical occupations, some technical, sales and service occupations) • Supervisory Status • Establishment Size

5. Employment Status

6. Self Employment: EU12

7. Self Employment: Non EU-12

8. Establishment Size

10. Supervisory Status: EU12

11. Supervisory Status: Non-EU12

12. Manual Employment: EU12

13. Manual Employment: Non-EU12

15. ESEC Distributions: EU12

16. ESEC Distributions: Non-EU12

17. Allocation of Inactive to ESEC

18. Household ESEC: ECHP – EU12

19. Household ESEC: ESS – EU12

20. Statistical Compendium