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Measurement Systems Compared

In: Long-Term Unemployment: An International Perspective

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  • Kenneth Walsh

    (University of Sussex)

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This chapter takes the problems and possibilities of data comparisons on the duration of unemployment further. The basis of the two measurement systems in parallel use, the administratively-derived data and the household survey data, have already been introduced, but their comparative value needs to be explored further so that the use of the two systems can be fully understood. In particular, there is a need to try and explain why, on the one hand, the USA and Sweden have low levels of LTU and their main systems of measurement are labour force surveys held relatively frequently, and on the other hand, the European Community countries where the administrative data base has shown a high and growing percentage of LTU. The question must be asked, how much of this difference between the two groups of countries is explained by measurement differences? If the explanatory factor is small in this instance, then it clears the way for a more thorough discussion of economic and labour market conditions as the explanation for the differing experiences.

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  • Kenneth Walsh, 1987. "Measurement Systems Compared," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Long-Term Unemployment: An International Perspective, chapter 4, pages 49-65, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-07701-4_4
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-07701-4_4
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