Employment and Unemployment StatisticsDates and durationSeptember 8 25, 2009 Tuition$5,495 ParticipantsThis seminar is designed primarily for economists, statisticians, researchers, analysts, and managers working with labor force statistics. Participants should have an elementary knowledge of statistics and some experience in analyzing labor force or social data. ObjectivesTo strengthen participants' abilities to produce and analyze statistics on employment and unemployment by:
Program contentThis seminar will focus on the traditional approaches to employment statistics used in industrialized nations, but also will examine approaches such as multipurpose household surveys and income studies to determine both visible and invisible underemployment. Also included in the seminar will be techniques and methodologies for conducting surveys of establishments to determine employment, hours, and earnings. Techniques for using data from administrative sources will be discussed. Participants are encouraged to bring with them the following materials for use in discussions and workshops: 1) methodologies on how data related to the seminar topic are collected in their home countries; 2) questionnaires used in their countries for obtaining those data; and 3) sample publications of those data. Time will be reserved for participants to have appointments with staff of BLS and other organizations to discuss special problems. A summary of the program follows: Definitions and concepts
Labor force surveys
Surveys of employment in establishments
Analysis of estimates of employment and unemployment
NOTE: Participants may be interested in attending the one-week seminar on Advanced Topics on Employment and Unemployment Statistics which immediately follows this seminar.
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