Annual Labour Force Survey Data

Most countries carry out annual labour force surveys, many supplementing them with less frequent population censuses. Relevant data sources from international organisations as well as national statistical offices are listed below.

OECD PIAAC {#piaac}

source

PIAAC Data Pub

url

http://www.oecd.org/site/piaac/publicdataandanalysis.htm

classification

Occupation:

• ISCO08

Industry:

• ISIC4

Eurostat {#eurostat}

source

NACE Rev. 1 (1996-2008):

• OECDpmar_2Abis_100630.csv

NACE Rev. 2 (2008-2011):

• OECD_120419.zip

NACE Rev. 2 (2008-2012):

• OECD_130603_2.zip

url

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/microdata/lfs

variables

NACE Rev. 1:

• country
• year
• quarter: "_A","_S" (Annual, Seasonal)
• hatlev1d: "1. Low","2. Medium",..
• ilostat: "1.Employed"
• isco3d
• na112d
• stapro: "Employee","No answer",..
• value
• Flag: "","a","b","c"
• country_order

International Labour Organisation (ILO) {#ilo}

source

From ILO database, in ISCO2008:

• Argentina
• Australia
• Mexico
• South Africa
• Turkey

From ILO database, in ISCO1988:

• Canada
• Chile
• Indonesia
• Israel
• Russian Federation

url

http://www.ilo.org/ilostat

classification

Occupation:

• Mapping National Occupational Classifications into ISCO-88

Australia {#aus}

source

Statistics by catalogue number - 62. Labour force

• 6291.0.55.003 Labour Force, Australia, Detailed, Quarterly, May 2013
• E09_aug96 - Employed Persons by Sex, Industry, Occupation, State, August 1996 onwards

classification

Occupation:

• ANZSCO Version 1.2: Statistics by catalogue number
• 1. Classifications and work manuals ANZSCO Version1.2 - Structure

Canada {#can}

source

Received file: G1111_14_Tab1_07-12.prn (LFS in CANSIM tables 282-... do not contain combinations of industry (NAICS) and occupation dimension (NOC-S))

classification

Industry:

• NAICS 2012: NAICS Canada 2012 to ISIC Rev. 4
• NAICS 2007: NAICS Canada 2007 to ISIC Rev. 4

Occupation:

• NOC 2011 to ISCO 2008
• NOC-S 2006

New Zealand {#nzl}

source

Linked Employer-Employee Dataset LEED: http://www.stats.govt.nz/infoshare/Default.aspx (total jobs up to 3-digit industry detail)

United States {#usa}

source

Basic Monthly CPS (household survey - certain group overrepresented, e.g. managers; more comparable with EULFS than OES)

1. Download the US data through the FTP site http://thedataweb.rm.census.gov/ftp/cps_ftp.html
2. Identify start and end position of required variables using the Data Dictionary
3. Use program 1_USA_dl_unpack_extract_CPS.R

OES (employer survey - more reliable)

• http://www.bls.gov/oes/

classification

Industry:

• CPS_INDUSTRY_CLASSIFICATION (2002 Census code and NAICS code)

Occupation:

• CPS_OCCUPATION_CLASSIFICATION (2002 Census code and 2000 SOC code)

The latest version of the ANSKILL tables are based on the March CPS extractions with the following tabulation:

• Industry: PEIO1ICD
• Occupation: PEIO1OCD
• Class of worker: PEIO1COW
  • Government Federal
  • Government State
  • Government Local
  • Private, for Profit
  • Private, non Profit
• Caution: If you are using the EU tabulations for total employed, you need to add to the selection:
  • Self-employed, incorporated
  • Self-employed, unincorporated
• Current status: PEMLR
  • Employed at work
  • Employed absent
• Weight used: PWCMPWGT