About new methodology on labour force survey in Georgia
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2023-11-08
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Charekishvili, Lia
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Київський національний економічний університет імені Вадима Гетьмана
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Labour force statistics methodology is very important in the world. Throw the statistics methodology there is carried out statistical surveys da calculated important date on Employment and unemployment. What kind of changes is in methodology and its influence on indicators, which characterized the main indicators of development economics. Combining studies with employment is a dilemma that has existed for a while. However, there hasn't been a consensus on whether the problem should be approached as a contemporary phenomenon that needs to be reported or a challenge that must be resolved until now.
Child labor is a big social problem which needs to be solved, and it's necessary to involve parents, teachers and society also.
Until 2020, labour force statistics were produced based on the standards proposed by the International Labour Organization (ILO), adopted at the 13th International Conference of Labour Statisticians. Since 2020, Geostat launched new standards and guidelines adopted at the 19th and 20th International Conference of Labour Statisticians. Based on the new standards ILO self-employed persons who are not market-oriented and produce agricultural products mainly for their own consumption will no longer be considered as self-employed. In 2022, the share of hired employees was 67.9 percent among employed persons, which is 0.3 percentage points lower than the previous year. In 2022 the unemployment rate in Georgia decreased by 3.4 percentage points compared to 2021 and amounted to 17.3 percent.
In 2021 the adjusted hourly gender pay gap equaled 15.7%. The same indicator calculated at the monthly level equaled 21.4%. Compared to the previous year, the hourly gender pay gap decreased by 0.2 percentage points, while the monthly gender pay gap remained unchanged. According to the economic activity, the highest hourly gender pay gap was observed in the Industry sector and equaled 30.6%. This indicator in the Service sector equaled 14.1%, while in Agriculture it was 9.3%. In the Construction sector, the adjusted gender pay gap is negative and equaled -4.6%, this means that men's average hourly wages are lower than women's.
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Employment, Unemployment, Statistics, Gender, Survey
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Charekishvili L. About new methodology on labour force survey in Georgia [Електронний ресурс] / Lia Charekishvili // Стратегія бізнесу: українські реалії та можливості конвергенції з ЄС : зб. матеріалів Міжнар. наук.-практ. Інтернет-конф., 08 листоп. 2023 р. / М-во освіти і науки України, ДВНЗ «Київ. нац. екон. ун-т ім. Вадима Гетьмана» ; [орг. ком.: М. П. Сагайдак (голова) та ін.]. – Електрон. текст. дані. – Київ : КНЕУ, 2023. – С. 15–19. – Назва з титул. екрану.