The purpose of Module 1 Statistics of Employment, Unemployment, Underemployment: Economically Active Population, is to serve as a reference material to all those intending to train practitioners in the use and production of labour statistics referring in particular to statistics of the economically active population (EAP). The module includes a detailed presentation, with examples and practical exercises, of a) the purposes for measuring the EAP and b) all the topics related to the EAP (employment, unemployment, underemployment, currently active population and usually active population). The module may also be used for self-instruction by those who wish to upgrade their knowledge or performance in relation to the use, production and analysis of EAP statistics.
The module presents the internationally recommended guidelines concerning the concepts and definitions of EAP statistics. It shares the experience gained from applying them to measure the size and structure of the labour force in order to analyse, evaluate and monitor how an economy is performing and to implement policies and programmes for the labour market and its workers in countries.
The module presents the internationally recommended guidelines concerning the concepts and definitions of EAP statistics. It shares the experience gained from applying them to measure the size and structure of the labour force in order to analyse, evaluate and monitor how an economy is performing and to implement policies and programmes for the labour market and its workers in countries.
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