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Employment and unemployment data: Differences between EPA and other Official Statistics |
Clara I. González
Foundation for Applied Economic Research (FEDEA) and
Spanish Prime Minister's Economic Bureau
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Eva Senra
University of Alcalá, Spain and
Spanish Prime Minister's Economic Bureau
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- Abstract
The unemployed people according to the Labour Force Survey (EPA)
amounts to 4,6 million in 2ndQ/2010, while the list of Public Employment
Service (SPEE) records 4,1 million in the average of the same quarter. On
the other hand, the number of employed people according to the EPA is
estimated at 18,5 million, while Social Security workers are 17,7 million
in the average of the same quarter. Those sources are the most relevant
of the Spanish labour market, and their characteristics must be known to
understand the discrepancies. Beyond specific differences in relation to
the groups considered, the main discrepancy is methodological, while the
EPA is a survey designed to study the total population, the others are
administrative records that are subject to legal regulations.
Keywords: Employment, unemployment, official statistics. AMS Subject classifications: 62-07, 62P20, 91B40, 91B82.
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