Labour Force Flows: Measurement and Analysis

Labour Force Flows: Measurement and Analysis

Labour force flow data provide information on the movements of the working age population between labour force categories: employed, unemployed, and inactive. The various sources of labour force flow data are examined and the measurement issues involved are briefly described. The se of transition matrieces and probability generating functions for analysing labour force flow data is shown and numerical applications are given for the measurement of employment and unemployment inflows and outflows, job gains and job losses, probabilities of employment and unemployment, duration of employment and unemployment spells and school-to-work transitions of young people.