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Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board Special Data Dissemination Standard (THE SUMMARY METHODOLOGY STATEMENT HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY LUXEMBOURG, WHICH IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS ACCURACY AND COMPLETENESS. AT THE TIME OF POSTING, THE STATEMENT WAS REVIEWED BY THE IMF FOR CONSISTENCY WITH THE METADATA BASE PAGE DESCRIBING DISSEMINATION PRACTICES. SUBSCRIBERS ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE UPDATES TO THE STATEMENT, AS NEEDED, AND ARE EXPECTED TO MAKE OTHER IMPROVEMENTS, AS WARRANTED, TO ENHANCE TRANSPARENCY) Luxembourg Summary Methodology Labor market: Unemployment (Demandes d'emploi non-satisfaites ) Last Posted: Oct-6-2009 Last Certified: Dec-29-2008 Last Updated: Jul-4-2006 Contact Person(s)          Printer Friendly Page   Mme Véronique SINNER, Section conjoncture, STATEC - Service central de la statistique et des études économiques, Centre Administratif Pierre Werner, 13, rue Erasme, Luxembourg-Kirchberg L-1468   Phone : 352 247-84228   Fax : 352 46 42 89   Email : veronique.sinner@statec.etat.lu

I. Analytical Framework, Concepts, Definitions, and Classifications

2.1.1 Concepts and definitions               Data on unemployment that are disseminated relate to unfilled demands for jobs (demandes d'emploi non satisfaites - DENS) and are expressed in levels (number of persons) or as a percentage of the labor force (unemployment ratio).                 Unemployment is sometimes referred to as the registered unemployment (chômeurs inscrits), since it takes only into account those persons which have actually registered at the Labor Administration. The official unemployment (taux de chômage au sens strict) defines the concept as the jobless persons, available for the labor market, looking actively for an appropriate employment, not active under a special labor measure (mesure pour l'emploi), even if this measure is not lucrative, and having respected the obligations of follow-up required by the Labor Administration. Nevertheless, an other concept (taux de chômage au sens large) also takes into account the persons involved in a special labor measure. There is a methodological break in the series in January 1998. Before that date, persons which were looking for an employment and were also taking part in a special measure for jobless (formation measure or temporary job), were also counted as unemployed. The methodological change is a step towards the International Labor Organization (ILO) unemployment definition. 2.3.1 Classification/sectorization A breakdown is possible by:       - Age,   - Sex,   - Formation,   - Employment requested,   - Inscription length

II. Scope of the data

2.2.1 Scope Scope of the data       Data relate to residents registered at the Labor Administration.

III. Accounting Conventions

2.4.1 Valuation       Average unemployed persons during the reference month.

IV. Nature of the Basic Data Sources

3.1.1 Source data collection programs       The source data is the administrative records from the Labour Administration (Administration de l'Emploi, ADEM).

V. Compilation Practices

3.3.1 Source data statistical techniques               Registered unemployment is a simple count. Data are expressed in levels (number of persons) and as a percentage of the active population (unemployment ratio).     3.3.2 Other statistical procedures           Seasonal adjusted data is also available for the unemployment ratios (both for unemployment strictly defined and the broader measure of unemployment – see definitions provided in 2.1.1 Concepts and definitions).

VI. Other Aspects

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