Labour Market guide

Labour market statistics are structured around a supply and demand model known as the labour market framework. These pages describe the concepts used in the framework, the sources behind the data, the methods used in data production and analysis, and the publication of labour market statistics.

 About this guide
Describes the layout of the guide and gives contact details.

 Glossary (72Kb, pdf)

 About labour market statistics
What is the labour market and what do the statistics measure?

 Labour market framework
Details about the Labour Market Framework and its content.

 Concepts
Describes the building blocks of labour market statistics like 'economic activity', 'employees', 'trade union members', 'employers', 'pay', etc

 Sources
Introduces the sources of data used to produce labour market statistics.

 Methods
How labour market statistics are produced from the source data.

 Data and publications
What is published, in what formats and how frequently.

 Data availability guide
A guide to the availability of labour market statistics at different geographical levels.