WP2 workshop, NIESR, November 24-25, 2005

Overview

AgendaThursday November 24

Summary of data delivery to date

Presentation by Martin Junge on developing NA series for Denmark

•Issues for discussion (employment and hours)

•Reconciling data from different sources

•Industry concordance

•Historical data – how to fill gaps

•Data variability – dealing with small sample sizes

•Data Delivery -Deadline for revised data January 15

Agenda

Friday November 25

Labour quality

•Issues for discussion

•What types of labour – age, gender, skill, occupation?

•Do we attempt to match skills across countries?

•Data variability – dealing with small sample sizes

Data for use in analytical workpackages

Discussion of time line for data delivery

Purpose of Meeting

• To discuss issues in developing labour volume measures

• To attempt to come to an agreement on the best way to deal with these

Emphasise interaction between consortium members so that all benefit from each other’s experience– Not NIESR/Groningen setting down guidelines

• To agree on methods to deal with labour quality• To ensure that each consortium member has a clear

understanding of what they are expected to deliver and when