2020-2021 / SOCI9011-1

Statistics and labour market

IWEPS chair

Labour market indicators

Duration

IWEPS chair : 15h Conf.
Labour market indicators : 15h SEM

Number of credits

 Master in labour sciences (120 ECTS) (en alternance)3 crédits 
 Master in labour sciences (120 ECTS)3 crédits 
 Master in labour sciences (60 ECTS)3 crédits 
 Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) (Faculté des Sciences sociales)3 crédits 

Lecturer

IWEPS chair :
Labour market indicators : Frieda Vandeninden

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

All year long, with partial in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course is divided into two parts:
1. The IWEPS Chair: seminars given by IWEPS experts (see calendar below)
2. Statistics and labor market: Theoretical course reviewing the different concepts and indicators discussed during the IWEPS Chair

 
Séances (16h à 19h)
Intervenants
Thématiques
9/11
Valérie VANDER STRICHT
Taux de chômage, taux d'emploi, taux d'activité : l'éclairage statistique du marché du travail
16/11
François GHESQUIERE
Les inégalités sociales en Wallonie, concept, enjeux, mesures et politiques publiques
23/11
Christine RUYTERS et Isabelle REGINSTER
Mesurer l'avancement des sociétés au-delà du PIB
30/11
Baptiste FERAUD et Christine RUYTERS
Radars et indicateurs synthétiques : comment soutenir la gouvernance locale
7/12
Frédéric CLAISSE
La prospective

Labour market indicators

The course aims to familiarize students with the different indicators generally used for the analysis of the labor market. It consists of several chapters. Each of them answers a question related to labor market statistics:

1. Understanding the indicator: Where does the data come from?


  • Focus on administrative data
  • Focus on survey data
 
2. LM diagnosis: what indicators to use to understand a country's labor market?
3. Employment policies: what are the government's means of action?
4. Poverty and labor









 

The course also includes a practical part: students will have to use the main databases accessible online and work in Excel

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The course has the following learning objectives:


  • Analyze a series of indicators and draw conclusions about the state of the labor market in one or the other country
  • To understand how the indicators are calculated and to be able to define them (formulas)
  • To mobilize (where to look?), To present (use of Excel) and to explain statistics relating to the labor market, as well as those relating to employment policies
  • Understand and define the different types of public policies related to employment (active and passive)

Labour market indicators

The course has the following learning objectives: * Analyze a series of indicators and draw conclusions about the state of the labor market in one or the other country * To understand how the indicators are calculated and to be able to define them (formulas) * To mobilize (where to look?), To present (use of Excel) and to explain statistics relating to the labor market, as well as those relating to employment policies * Understand and define the different types of public policies related to employment (active and passive)

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Labour market indicators

None

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lectures and practical workshops (IWEPS Chair)

Labour market indicators

This seminar is intended to be practical. The focus will be on the presentation and use of the various tools that provide access to public statistics.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Chair IWEPS on Ecampus (streaming and podcast)
Theoretical course in person (to be confirmed depending on the sanitation situation)

Labour market indicators

The seminar will be participative.

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

Lectures  and exam via Ecampus (code red).

Labour market indicators

Sessions and exam via Ecampus if code red.

Recommended or required readings

PPT presentations available on MyUliège

Labour market indicators

The powerpoint of the seminars are available for download via MyULg before each class session.

Assessment methods and criteria

Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.

Written exam in June (no exam in January)

Labour market indicators

Any session :

- In-person

written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire )

- Remote

written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire )

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred in-person


Additional information:

Written exam (June)

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Frieda Vandeninden
F.vandeninden@uliege.be

Labour market indicators

Frieda Vandeninden f.vandeninden@uliege.be