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EUKLEMS (*) WP 2: additional data availability information for Belgium. (*) This project is funded by the European Commission, Research Directorate General as part of the 6th Framework Programme, Priority 8, “Policy Support and Anticipating Scientific and Technological Needs. Number of WORKERS
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EUKLEMS(*) WP 2: additional data availability information for Belgium (*)This project is funded by the European Commission, Research Directorate General as part of the 6th Framework Programme, Priority 8, “Policy Support and Anticipating Scientific and Technological Needs http://www.plan.be
Number of WORKERS (concept of persons) EMPLOYEES ONSS (85%) ONSSAPL (13%) OTHERS (students, domestic workers, …) SELF-EMPLOYED NISSE (VAT-statistics in the future) Includes “unpaid and paid family workers” Corrections : To avoid double counting (principal activity) Underground economy …. Number of HOURS WORKED EMPLOYEES ONSS : computation of ‘transition coefficients’ (for 116 branches and 12 institutional sectors) Part-time blue collar workers (hours worked) Part-time white collar workers (hours worked) Full time blue collar workers (days worked) Full time white collar workers (days worked Corrections: Underground economy Seasonal effects and calendar effects SELF-EMPLOYED No data available in NA What sources are used in the National Accounts (1995-2003)?
What do you consider to be the best sources and methods to use to construct labour input volumes? • a) Number of WORKERS • 1995 -2003: NA (employees and self-employed) • Before 1995: A certain amount of progress has already been made (long run series available at the A60 level for both employees and self-employed in correspondance with the NA) • Problems: additional industry detail requested in EUKLEMS over and above A60 and SUT-classification: • Employees: ONSS-TRAD • Self-employed: VAT-statistics (not available at FPB) • b) Number of HOURS WORKED • 1995-2003 • Employees: NA (only for employees) • Self-employed: only sources are LFS and (high non-response rate) and Census 2001 • Before 1995: • Employees: NIS Industrial Statistics (manufacturing), LFS (remaining industries), NIS SDES-survey (limited number of benchmark years), Census, Conventional Working Time Index • Self-employed: only sources are LFS (on average a non-response rate of 20%, only after 1983) and Census (benchmark years 1980 and 1990)