Data Source

Registry

Type of Study

Registry

Data gathering method

Administrative records

Data Source

Registry

Type of Study

Registry

Data gathering method

Administrative records

Conditions of access

Formal agreements (e.g. fees, research contracts, institutional agreements, etc.)

Micro data is only accessible for a fee upon request ??

Type of available data (e.g. anonymised microdata, aggregated tables, etc.)

Aggregated data ? Anonymised microdata?

Language issues

The data is only available in German.

Conditions of access

Formal agreements (e.g. fees, research contracts, institutional agreements, etc.)

Micro data is only accessible for a fee upon request ??

Type of available data (e.g. anonymised microdata, aggregated tables, etc.)

Aggregated data ? Anonymised microdata?

Language issues

The data is only available in German.

Years of collection, reference years, and sample sizes

Different data series included in the AMS statistics have been collected for varying numbers of years.

First year of collection

Earliest data collection in (more or less) its current format dating back 25 years (1988)

Stratification if applicable

Age, sex, region, employment service/agency district, occupation, nationality, disability status, employment status (self-employed, employed, marginally employed) and economic sector of employment (NACE), working time (part-time, full-time)

Base used for sampling

All clients of the Austrian Employment Agency (AMS) and all social security beneficiaries

Geographical coverage and breakdowns

By region and employment service district

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics

Registry covers (Un)employment status, labour market programmes, foreign employed persons, unemployment beneficiaries Corresponds to Work and Productivity and Social Systems and Welfare Topics

Further Reading

• Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer. "Labour market policy in Austria." (2011). Available at: http://www.ams.at/_docs/labour_market_policy.pdf
. • FORBA. "Austrian summary on older workers and introduction of case study sectors". FORBA Forschungsbericht (2006). Available at: www.forba.at/.../198-FB%2013-06.pdf
.

Years of collection, reference years, and sample sizes

Different data series included in the AMS statistics have been collected for varying numbers of years.

First year of collection

Earliest data collection in (more or less) its current format dating back 25 years (1988)

Stratification if applicable

Age, sex, region, employment service/agency district, occupation, nationality, disability status, employment status (self-employed, employed, marginally employed) and economic sector of employment (NACE), working time (part-time, full-time)

Base used for sampling

All clients of the Austrian Employment Agency (AMS) and all social security beneficiaries

Geographical coverage and breakdowns

By region and employment service district

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics

Registry covers (Un)employment status, labour market programmes, foreign employed persons, unemployment beneficiaries Corresponds to Work and Productivity and Social Systems and Welfare Topics

Further Reading

• Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer. "Labour market policy in Austria." (2011). Available at: http://www.ams.at/_docs/labour_market_policy.pdf
. • FORBA. "Austrian summary on older workers and introduction of case study sectors". FORBA Forschungsbericht (2006). Available at: www.forba.at/.../198-FB%2013-06.pdf
.

Standardisation

NACE Regions (correspond to European wide used system)

Possibility of linkage among databases

Linkage to data of Statiscs Austria is possible but must be reported and receive authorization by the Data Protection Commission.

Standardisation

NACE Regions (correspond to European wide used system)

Possibility of linkage among databases

Linkage to data of Statiscs Austria is possible, but must be reported and receive authorization by the Data Protection Commission.

Entry errors if applicable

Yes

Breaks

Containing breaks due to policy changes of social security entitlements. Employment trajectories are, however, cleaned from these breaks.

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection

Some terms are not consistent due to changes in policy and terminology used.

Entry errors if applicable

Yes

Breaks

Containing breaks due to policy changes of social security entitlements. Employment trajectories are, however, cleaned from these breaks.

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection

Some terms are not consistent due to changes in policy and terminology used.

Strengths: Employment trajectory data is cleaned from breaks. Data is processed and prepared for relevant questions in social sciences. Control of AMS data with Central Registry reported high degree of data match/overlap. Weaknesses: As typical for registry-data, trajectories contain in detail, however, breaks and inconsistency in the terminology. This is an effect of changes in the legislative system.

Strengths: Employment trajectory data is cleaned from breaks. Data is processed and prepared for relevant questions in social sciences. Control of AMS data with Central Registry reported high degree of data match/overlap. Weaknesses: As typical for registry-data, trajectories contain in detail, however, breaks and inconsistency in the terminology. This is an effect of changes in the legislative system.