Working with European Union Labour Force Survey (EU-LFS) and European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC)

April 11-12, 2024

Organized by German Microdata Lab, GESIS

GESIS – Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences is an infrastructure institution in Germany which offers services to the empirical social research. We are also engaged in own social research, focusing on the description and analysis of social change. Moreover, GESIS offers a wide range of events for, by and with the scientific community. In our training courses we impart knowledge and practice-oriented skills in the area of social research methods.

The course is aimed at post-graduate and senior researchers, who are seeking to conduct research on the basis of the EU‐LFS and EU-SILC. A short introduction into EU-LFS and EU-SILC will be given. Moreover, the course will demonstrate the possibilities of the EU‐LFS and EU-SILC in a hands‐on computer session which will explore the potential for both international as well as trend analysis (EU-LFS) and longitudinal analysis (EU-SILC). Basic understanding in Stata is required.

Participation is limited to Eurofound staff. An individual invitation will be sent after registration.
Contact: eu-microdata@gesis.org

Programme

Day 1 - EU-LFS

Start and end time in local time, Dublin time
Please note: The breaks may be shortened if we need more time for the exercises)

Introductory Session (Presentations)
10:00 – 11:00 09:00 – 10:00	Specifics of EU-LFS data, Heike Wirth
11:00 – 11:30 10:00 – 10:30	Changes in Data Release 2022, Andrea Lengerer
11:30 – 12:00 10:30 – 11:00	Break

Practical Training Session I: Data Structure & Cross-sectional Analyses
12:00 – 12:30 11:00 – 11:30	Introduction, Andrea Lengerer Hierarchical data structure, household & individual level Household variables (identifiers, referential & derived variables)
12:30 – 13:30 11:30 – 12:30	Exercises, Hands on, Heike Wirth Analyses on individual, couple, and household level
13:30 – 15:00 12:30 – 14:00	Lunch Break

Practical Training Session II: Repeated Cross-sectional Analyses
15:00 – 16:30 14:00 – 15:30	Introduction, Andrea Lengerer Availability and comparability of variables over time Comparison over time and over synthetic cohorts Exercise, Andrea Lengerer Permanency of (main) job, age and cohort effects
16:30 – 16:45 15:30 – 15:45	Break
16:45 – 17:30 15:30 – 15:45	Questions & Answers, EU-LFS and EU-SILC
17:30 16:30	End of the LFS training course

Day 2 - EU-SILC

Start and end time in local time, Dublin time
Please note: The breaks may be shortened if we need more time for the exercises)

Part I Introductory Session (Presentations)
10:00– 10:45 09:00– 09:45	Specifics of EU-SILC data Legal framework, Heike Wirth
10:45– 11:00 09:45– 10:00	Break

Part II Practical Training Session I: Data Structure & Cross-sectional Analyses, Klaus Pforr
11:00– 11:55 10:00– 10:55	Introduction / Exercises – Data Structure
11:55– 12:10 10:55– 11:10	Break
12:10– 12:45 11:10– 11:45	Exercises – Data Structure (cont.)
12:45– 13:55 11:45– 12:55	Lunch Break
13:55– 14:55 12:55– 13:55	Exercises – Data Structure (cont.) / Cross-sectional analysis
14:55– 15:25 13:55– 14:25	Break

Part III Practical Training Session I: Data Structure & Cross-sectional Analyses, Klaus Pforr
15:25– 16:10 14:25– 15:10	Introduction / Exercises – Data Structure
16:10– 16:30 15:10– 15:30	Break
16:30– 17:50 15:30– 16:50	Exercises – Data Structure (cont.)
17:50– 18:00 16:50– 17:00	Break
18:00– 18:30 17:00– 17:30	Exercises – Data Structure (cont.) & Longitudinal Analyses
18:30 17:30	End of the SILC training course

Course materials

The materials for the contributions to the sessions are available as downloads. Please note that the files are password-protected. You will be given the passwords during the workshop.

Sessions Day I: EU-LFS	Presentation	Exercise	Solution	Do-Files
Practical Training Session I: Data Structure & Cross-sectional Analyses		Session I-1 Session I-2 Session I-3		Session I-1 Session I-2 Session I-3 Session I-3.1 Session I-3.2 Session I-3.3
Practical Training Session II: Repeated Cross-sectional Analyses		Session II	Session II-1 Session II-2	Session II-1 Session II-2

Sessions Day 2: EU-SILC	Presentation	Exercise	Solution	Do-Files
Part II Practical Training Session: Data Structure & Cross-sectional analyses	Part II	Part II-1 Part II-2 Part II-3 Part II-4 Part II-5 Part II-6 Part II-7		Part II-1 Part II-2 Part II-3 Part II-4 Part II-5 Part II-6 Part II-7
Part III Practical Training Session: Longitudinal data Structure & analyses	Part III	Part III-1 Part III-2 Part III-3 Part III-4		Part III-1 Part III-2 Part III-3 Part III-4

Contact

For any further questions please contact the local organizer (eu-microdata@gesis.org).