Labor Market and Social Security
Tasks, Goals and Contents:
The working group deals with topics of labor market statistics and social security statistics. The focus is on empirical results on the one hand and on methodological and conceptual issues of these statistics on the other hand. The focus is on the supply and demand of the labor market, the structural situation of labor markets, the relevant balancing processes, the demand for skilled workers, the realized labor market demand in the form of employment or other gainful activity, the participation in labor market policy measures, and their evaluation. In addition, aspects of benefits and assistance receipt by persons capable of working are also considered. The focus is thus on the fundamental issues of supply and demand on the labor market and the associated balancing, support, and participation processes, with the actors “employers”, “employees”, and “social security institutions”. In addition to the content-related aspects and results, specific, methodological and conceptual issues also play a role. These include, for example, the development or improvement of data sources in the areas of applied statistics, the (further) development or comparison of measurement concepts, extrapolation procedures, forecasts, and methods for compensating for data shortfalls (primarily in register data).
Topic selection:
- Labor market and training market
- Job vacancies and job applications
- Skilled labor demand and shortages
- Employment, employment biographies, and forms of employment
- Insurance and social benefits
- Labor market policies, integration into employment
- Concepts of measuring unemployment and underemployment
- Unemployment, unemployment rates, assistance receipt rates, and employment rates
- Transitions: education – employment – retirement
Chair
Dr. Christian Zemann
Bundesagentur für Arbeit
Statistik/Arbeitsmarktberichterstattung
Regensburger Straße 104
90478 Nürnberg
Tel. 0911/179-8311
Mail: Christian.Zemann@arbeitsagentur.de
Vice Chair
Dr. Bernd Hofmann
Bundesagentur für Arbeit
Statistik/Arbeitsmarktberichterstattung
Regensburger Straße 104
90478 Nürnberg
Tel. 0911/179-1175
Mail: Bernd.Hofmann5@arbeitsagentur.de