Employment-to-population ratio

U.S. unemployment rate and employment to population ratio (EM ratio)
Wage share and employment rate in the US

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development defines the employment rate as the employment-to-population ratio.[1] This is a statistical ratio that measures the proportion of a country's working age population (statistics are often given for ages 15 to 64[2][3]) that is employed. This includes people that have stopped looking for work.[4] The International Labour Organization states that a person is considered employed if they have worked at least 1 hour in "gainful" employment in the most recent week.[5]

The employment-to-population ratio is usually calculated and reported periodically for the economy by the national agency of statistics.[6][7][8]

It is usually calculated by using a survey data collection and the answers of certain people to the questions of the national agency for the economy and statistics of a country.[9][10]

Some countries also have statistical data about the number of employed people who are registered as taxpayer and have to pay compulsory social insurance payments to the national social insurance system of a country, which could be used to calculate an improved performance indicator of people employed compared to the total labor force.[11]

  1. ^ "EMPLOYMENT TO POPULATION RATIO". OECD.
  2. ^ OECD. "LFS by sex and age – indicators".
  3. ^ "File:Employment rates for selected population groups, 2004–14 (%) YB16.png – Statistics Explained".
  4. ^ Employment/Population Ratios for the 50 Largest Metropolitan Statistical Areas: 2008, 2009, and 2010. (2011, September). Retrieved December 10, 2012, from United States Census Bureau website: https://www.census.gov/prod/2011pubs/ acsbr10-09.pdf
  5. ^ OECD Factbook 2007 (PDF), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2007, ISBN 978-92-64-02946-0, retrieved 2008-01-31
  6. ^ "Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey, Employment-population ratio". U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  7. ^ "Employment–population ratio". U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  8. ^ "Employment-population ratios". OECD.
  9. ^ "Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey". U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  10. ^ "DATASET DETAILS Employment rate by sex, age group 20-64". Eurostat.
  11. ^ "Employees subject to social insurance contributions by age group". Statistisches Bundesamt Deutschland.