A Researcher’s Guide to the Labour Force Survey: Its Evolution and the Choice of Public Use versus Master Files

2021 ◽  
pp. e2020046
Author(s):  
Pierre Brochu
Keyword(s):  
Labour Force ◽  
Labour Force Survey ◽  
Master File ◽  
Statistical Agencies ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Statistics Canada

To balance researchers’ need for detailed information with respondents’ confidentiality concerns, statistical agencies such as Statistics Canada commonly offer two versions of the same dataset: a public use file that is readily available and a master file with richer information but to which access is restricted. This article examines the choice of using public use versus master files of the Labour Force Survey (LFS). The article also provides researchers with a unified source of LFS information, including a thorough discussion of the structure of the LFS and its implication for research, such as the creation of mini-panels.

Work calculator: a useful tool for modelling relations on the labour market

2018 ◽  
Vol 63 (7) ◽  
pp. 14-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Bieć ◽  
Ewa Gałecka-Burdziak ◽  
Robert Pater
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
Unemployment Rate ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Economic Situation ◽  
Labour Force Survey ◽  
Seasonal Fluctuations ◽  
Job Offers ◽  
American Model ◽  
The Creation

The aim of the article is to present the concept of a job calculator — a tool used to create a simulation of relations between changes in the economic situation and the labour market in Poland. The job calculator is based on the American Jobs Calculator and is available for everyone. The user determines the height of expected unemployment rate and the tool computes the number of required job offers, the creation and coverage of which will result in the change of the unemployment rate to the predefined level. The calculator uses data from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) and presents simulations for one quarter. The values refer to the total result, taking into account the seasonal fluctuations and division into long-term and cyclical changes, which is the authors’ contribution to the original American model as well as an extension of this concept.

scholarly journals Cohort Working Life Tables for Older Canadians

2010 ◽  
Vol 37 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank T. Denton ◽  
Christine H. Feaver ◽  
Byron G. Spencer
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Life Tables ◽  
Labour Force Survey ◽  
Participation Rates ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Male Cohort ◽  
Statistics Canada

We construct cohort working life tables for Canadian men and women aged 50 and older and, for comparison, corresponding period tables. The tables are derived using annual single-age time series of participation rates for 1976-2006 from the master files of the Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey. The cohort calculations are based on stochastic projections of mortality coupled with alternative assumptions about future participation rates. Separate tables are provided for the years 1976, 1991, and 2006, thus spanning a period of substantial gains in life expectancy and strong upward trends in female participation. Life expectancies based on the cohort tables are greater than those based on the period tables, for both men and women, and that is reflected in increased retirement expectancies. For example, a male aged 50 in 1976 could have expected to live three years longer and to have almost four more years in retirement, based on the male cohort table under medium assumptions, as compared with the corresponding period table.

scholarly journals Job-Education Match & Tenure Among Young Canadians: Evidence From The 1997 & 2014 Labour Force Survey

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Turk
Keyword(s):  
Postsecondary Education ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
School To Work ◽  
Labour Force Survey ◽  
Skill Levels ◽  
Occupational Classification ◽  
Significant Negative Relationship ◽  
Work Transition ◽  
Statistics Canada

In response to the growing supply of postsecondary education graduates and the persistence of overqualification in the Canadian labour market, this study investigates the relationship between the levels of job-education match and tenure among young workers, 25 to 34 years of age, relative to the remaining workforce ages 35 to 64, using a job analysis (JA) approach based on skill levels defined by the National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2011 and education credentials defined by Statistics Canada. Using the 1997 and 2014 Labour Force Survey (LFS) files, a significant negative relationship is observed between length of tenure and overqualified workers, and a significant positive relationship with underqualified workers, in addition to significant differences in the effect that being over/underqualified has on tenure based on respondents’ age and survey year. Implications for individual, organizational, and societal stakeholders involved in the school-to-work transition are discussed.

scholarly journals Job-Education Match & Tenure Among Young Canadians: Evidence From The 1997 & 2014 Labour Force Survey

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Turk
Keyword(s):  
Postsecondary Education ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
School To Work ◽  
Labour Force Survey ◽  
Skill Levels ◽  
Occupational Classification ◽  
Significant Negative Relationship ◽  
Work Transition ◽  
Statistics Canada

In response to the growing supply of postsecondary education graduates and the persistence of overqualification in the Canadian labour market, this study investigates the relationship between the levels of job-education match and tenure among young workers, 25 to 34 years of age, relative to the remaining workforce ages 35 to 64, using a job analysis (JA) approach based on skill levels defined by the National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2011 and education credentials defined by Statistics Canada. Using the 1997 and 2014 Labour Force Survey (LFS) files, a significant negative relationship is observed between length of tenure and overqualified workers, and a significant positive relationship with underqualified workers, in addition to significant differences in the effect that being over/underqualified has on tenure based on respondents’ age and survey year. Implications for individual, organizational, and societal stakeholders involved in the school-to-work transition are discussed.

The situation of young people in Poland against European countries

2016 ◽  
Vol 61 (10) ◽  
pp. 33-53
Author(s):  
Wiesława Gierańczyk
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Young People ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Labour Force Survey ◽  
Further Training ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Eu

The article attempts to present the situation of young people aged 25—34, which — in general — take important life decisions. For this purpose, the author studied spatial conditions for the creation by these people own household as well as participation in the labor market and further training. The relationship between these phenomena is discussed. The study was conducted for the European countries (with particular emphasis on the situation in Poland) based on data for the years 2013 and 2014 from the EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) and the Labour Force Survey (LFS). As a result, groups of similar countries have been determined in terms of living conditions of young people.

scholarly journals Self-employment as a stepping stone to better labor market matching: a comparison between immigrants and natives

2020 ◽  
Vol 86 (4) ◽  
pp. 479-501
Author(s):  
Magdalena Ulceluse
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Labour Force Survey ◽  
Self Employment ◽  
Barriers To Employment ◽  
Labor Market Matching ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
The Eu

AbstractThe paper investigates the relation between overeducation and self-employment, in a comparative analysis between immigrants and natives. Using the EU Labour Force Survey for the year 2012 and controlling for a list of demographic characteristics and general characteristics of 30 destination countries, it finds that the likelihood of being overeducated decreases for self-employed immigrants, with inconclusive results for self-employed natives. The results shed light on the extent to which immigrants adjust to labor market imperfections and barriers to employment and might help explain the higher incidence of self-employment that immigrants exhibit, when compared to natives. This is the first study to systematically study the nexus between overeducation and self-employment in a comparative framework. Moreover, the paper tests the robustness of the results by employing two different measures of overeducation, contributing to the literature of the measurement of overeducation.

scholarly journals Covid-19 and The Gender Gap in Employment Among Parents of Young Children in Canada

2021 ◽  
pp. 089124322110012
Author(s):  
Sylvia Fuller ◽  
Yue Qian
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equity ◽  
Gender Gap ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Work Hours ◽  
Labour Force Survey ◽  
Educational Inequalities ◽  
Class Inequality ◽  
Employment Barriers ◽  
Employment Gap ◽  
Structural Shifts

Economic and social disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic have important implications for gender and class inequality. Drawing on Statistics Canada’s monthly Labour Force Survey, we document trends in gender gaps in employment and work hours over the pandemic (February–October 2020). Our findings highlight the importance of care provisions for gender equity, with gaps larger among parents than people without children, and most pronounced when care and employment were more difficult to reconcile. When employment barriers eased, so did the gender–employment gap. The pandemic could not undo longer-standing cultural and structural shifts motivating contemporary mothers’ employment. The pandemic also exacerbated educational inequalities among women, highlighting the importance of assessing gendered impacts through an intersectional lens.

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