New Labour Force Survey (NENE) ProjectChile

General Aspects

• Changes in Labour Market during the last decades • Measure the main concepts according to international

standards and best practices (ILO, OECD) • The concept of Potential Labour Force Entrants • Unemployment rate and supplementary indicators to

improve the labor market analysis (labour underutilization)

• Others new topics

The new Questionnaire allows:

• To update the criteria for the classification of the employment status and refine the current classification through filter questions

• Re-conformation of stocks inside the 15 years and over population (PET)

• Expand the characterization of the occupied, unoccupied and inactive (reasons they are not seeking for work and availability)

• Expand the analysis of the market further than the inoccupation rate

The new Questionnaire allows:

• To obtain new indicators that allow us to measure the underutilization of human resources in the economy (involuntary partial, discouraged workers)

• Update the concepts and measurement of worked hours (regular working hours and real working hours)

• Update classification nomenclatures of the occupied:- Classification by activity ISIC Rev. 2 to ISIC Rev.3, but

possible to obtain ISIC Rev. 4- Classification of occupied according to occupational

groups COTA 70 to ISCO-88 / ISCO -08

New Indicators

• Identification of starters (unemployed people who did not seek a job nor would be available to work since they will start a new job during the next weeks)

• Harmonized unemployment rate (OECD)• Full time and part time workers• Involuntary part time workers• Inactive workers with the potential to be active• Discouraged workers• Quality of employment