11:00 - 12:00
We-IPS04
Chair:
Faiz Alsuhail (csc - IT Center for Science, Finland)
Organiser:
Faiz Alsuhail (csc - IT Center for Science, Finland)
Estimating monthly Labour Force Figures during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands
Jan van den Brakel, (Email), Martijn Souren, (Email), Sabine Krieg, (Email)
Statistics Netherlands

Official monthly statistics about the Dutch labour force are based on the Dutch Labour Force Survey (LFS). Monthly estimates about the labour force are obtained with a structural time series model. In this paper it is explained how Statistics Netherlands produces monthly labour force figures during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is shown how the sudden change in the mode effects, because face-to-face interviewing stopped, is separated from real period-to-period changes in the labour force figures. It is also explained how the time series model is adapted to the increased dynamics in the labour force figures.