Methodological datasheet: Employment rate by sex 20-64 age bracket

Identification

Description

Employment rate by sex (20-64 age bracket)

Description and source 1 operation code.

Population in Relation to Activity (PRA) 050403

Responsable entity

Eustat

Availability

PRA + 2 months

Objectives

The Lisbon European Council (March 2000) noted that the overall aim of the employment policy should be to raise the employment rate from an average of 61% in the year 2000 to as close as possible to 70% by 2010 and to increase the number of women in employment from an average of 51% to more than 60% by 2010. These objectives were revised by the 2005 communication “Working together for growth and jobs. A new start for the Lisbon strategy”.

On the basis of Commission documents and in the light of the work carried out by the Council, the European Council launched the second cycle of the renewed Lisbon strategy for growth and jobs for the period 2008-2010, i.e. the Lisbon Community Programme (LCP).

As a result of the economic crisis that hit the world in 2008, the European Union had to come together in order to phase employment problems. After the EU employment summit in May 2009, the EU published its communication called “A Shared Commitment for Employment” , where the Commission proposes that Member States and European social partners make a Shared European Commitment for Employment in order to strengthen their cooperation as part of the European Economic Recovery Plan. This Communication highlighted several measures to promote employment such as: promote employment, upgrade workers’ skills, facilitate access to employment and mobilise Community financial instruments.

Europe 2020 is the successor of the Lisbon strategy and will help Europe to come out stronger from the crisis and turn the EU into a smart, sustainable and inclusive economy delivering high levels of employment, productivity and social cohesion. Employment rate is one of the headline indicators in this new strategy.

Sphere

Population:

Population aged 20 to 64

Geographical Sphere:

Basque Country

Time period:

Annual

Concepts and Definitions

The employment rate of the population in the 20-64 age bracket is calculated by dividing the number of people employed who are between 20 and 64 years old by the total population in that age bracket. The indicator is based on the Population in Relation with Activity Survey (PRA). The survey covers the total population that lives in “households” and excludes those that reside in collective dwellings, such as shelters, student halls of residence, hospitals, ... The employed population is made up of those people who, during the reference week, carried out some type of remunerated work (either salary or benefit) for at least one hour, or who did not work (in the reference week) but had a job from which they were temporariliy absent.

Calculation type

The indicator is obtained as a quotient and expressed as a percentage.

Numerator:

Working population in the 20-64 age bracket (Total, men and women)

Denominator:

Total population in the 20-64 age bracket (Total, men and women)

Codes and nomenclatures

Not applicable

Quality

http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/sdi/files/Employment%20rate%2020-64.pdf

Further Information

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