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Registers as a source for labour market data in the Norwegian National Accounts. Ann Lisbet Brathaug abr@ssb.no. Estimation approach. Three basic employment concepts Employed persons Full-time equivalent persons Total hours worked
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Registers as a source for labour market data in the Norwegian National Accounts Ann Lisbet Brathaug abr@ssb.no
Estimation approach • Three basic employment concepts • Employed persons • Full-time equivalent persons • Total hours worked • Main objective is to obtain consistency between employment figures, wages and compensation of employees • Total hours worked is estimated by using information on hours worked in each industry, by adding overtime and subtracting hours of absence (vacation, sickness absence etc).
Sources • Labour Force Survey (LFS) • Register-based employment statistics • Central statistics on sickness absence • Enterprise/establishment surveys (structural business statistics) • Central and local government accounts • Survey-based wage statistics
Central register on employees • The National Insurance Administration is responsible for maintaining the register • The coverage is extended considerably in recent years, by supplementing information from other administrative sources as • the Central Register of Establishment and Enterprises • the End of the Year Certificate Register (complete EYC is submitted to the Tax Directorate each year) • the register of conscripts • the register of Personal Tax Payers (covering self-employed) • The LFS is important, as the total number of employed persons in the register based employment statistics is adjusted to the total number of employees and self-employed in the LFS the same quarter
Problems related to register-based employment • Estimates for 4th quarter not always equivalent to averages for the whole year • Problems concerning persons who work only occasionally • Inconsistency between numbers of employees in the registers and compensation of employees (surveys) and wages and salaries • Non-resident employees not covered by registers • Changes and improvements in the registers have reduced comparability over time
Employed persons estimated in the national accounts and in the register-based employment statistics. 4th quarter. 1000 * Consistent with the number of employees and self-employed in the LFS.