For the production of labour market statistics in Albania, INSTAT uses two sources of information: administrative sources and the Labour Force Survey which is conducted by INSTAT since 2007.
Administrative sources
The collected data through administrative sources are released by INSTAT on quarterly basis. These data cover the public sector employment, non-agricultural private sector employment, and the registered unemployment. For the public sector employment, the information is collected by INSTAT according to the five-year Official Statistical Programme. The administrative data on the employment in the non-agricultural private sector and on the registered unemployment are based on the information provided by Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. The employment in private agricultural sector is
38 based on the estimations obtained from household based surveys (until 2007 was based on LSMS 2005 estimations and from 2007 ongoing the employment in this sector is based on LFS estimations).
Labour Force Survey (LFS)
It is the second source of information used by INSTAT for the employment in Albania. It is a household based survey and data collection is done through face to face interviewing of all individuals aged 15 years and over in the sampled households.. Labour force survey is carried out at the national level, and covers all the territory of Albania. The survey has been carried out on an annual basis for the years 2007-2011.
The users and policy makers increasing demand for more updated labour market indicators and more accurate information on the active job searching rate, job searching methods, and inactivity rate in the labour market (which constrains directly the compilation of appropriate policies related to employment and the training of unemployed people, or the reintegration into the labour market of not economically active population), made necessary that INSTAT to start designing and implementing in the fieldwork the continuous labour force survey, which results will be published on quarterly basis.
The continuous LFS is a panel survey where the same household is interviewed for five consecutive quarters. The interviewing method is face-to-face and instead of paper questionnaires used for the annual-based surveys, are being used the Personal Digital Assistant (PDA). Data entry is done directly in PDA during the interview, while the data processing is done in SPSS.
By conducting the continuous LFS the aim is to establish a sustainable statistical system of labour market statistics according to Eurostat standards. The survey collects data based on demographic characteristics of household members and detailed data on the employed and the unemployed. Based on the collected data it can be achieved a quantitative and dynamic assessment of labour market developments, can be determined the labour market participation of individuals 15 years and over, employment rate, employment by economic activities, employment by gender and age groups, unemployment rate, women participation in the labour market.
The labour force survey is carried out in accordance with the methodological recommendations made by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), adopted at the 13th International Conference of Labour Statisticians and upon EUROSTAT recommendations. The quarterly LFS is conducted on a sample of 5040 households. The sample selection is based on a two-stage procedure with stratification. In the first stage are sampled the primary sampling units (PSU-s), with a probability proportional to size, where as measurement unit is used the total number of households. In the second stage for each PSU are sampled the same number of household with the method of systematic equal probability.
39 During data processing is applied the international classification ISCO-88 until 2009, NACE Rev.1 until 2010. In 2012 will be used ISCO-08 for the occupations and NACE Rev2 for economic activities.
Strategic objectives
The main objective of labour market statistics is to provide accurate descriptions of the size, structure and characteristics of the various participants in the labour market.
Labour market statistics cover short-term and structural aspects of labour market in monetary and non-monetary terms of both labour supply side and labour demand side. These aspects include: Employment and unemployment -LFS and administrative sources. The strategic objective will be achieved through the harmonization of the continuous labour force survey methodology with EUROSTAT recommendations and regulations related to the accuracy of data collected and timeliness, as well as to the sample size and the calculation of survey quality indicators.
Implementing activities
In the context of the compilation of the five-year project-program of official statistics, meetings will be held with interest groups to get their opinions, in order to produce in the statistical system a wider range of indicators that satisfy as much as possible the users’ needs. business
The development of a memorandum of understanding between the involved institutions in the five-year official statistics program, for the protocol of statistical data sharing;
Providing trainings for the INSTAT staff as well as of other statistical agencies; Calculation improvements of labour market indicators that measure the informal
employment and the employment in informal sectors of economy;
Conduct a comprehensive study on the dynamics of labour market developments in Albania based on the results of the annual 2007-2011 Labour Force Surveys and Census data-Al 2011;
Analysis of all statistical data sources on employment and compiling of detailed statistical forms in close collaboration with all public and private institutions that collect data on employment.
Periodicity of statistical activities:
Statistical Activity 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
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Expected Results
The consolidation of the quarterly labour force survey concerning the quality of data collection;
The development of longitudinal and cross-sectional analysis of the labour force survey data;
Updating and extending of the QLFS sample based on the 2011 census database in order to obtain reliable statistics at NUT 2 and 3 level;
Fitness-for-purpose of labour market statistics which means a high statistical data quality (accessibility and timeliness, accuracy and precision, coherence, comparability and relevance);
Source of information
Main sources of information on employment and unemployment are: administrative sources and household based surveys.
1. Administrative resources:
Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities National Employment Service
General Directorate of Tax 2. Household based surveys:
a. Quarterly Labour Force Survey
Human Resources
With the current staff the labour market statistics sector can cover all activities related to the implementation of the labour force survey and the data collection and processing of administrative data on employment and unemployment.
Quarterly Labour Force Survey
Personnel 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Frequency Period
Enumerators 50 50 50 50 50 Quarterly
January- December
Financial resources
These statistical activities are financed by the state budget. For the labour force survey are contracted 45 interviewers in all territory of Albania.