Implementation of the Microdata Management Toolkit (ADP) Developing an Archive for Labor Statistics Undersecretary of Technical Planning and Labor Studies Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security Argentina

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Implementation of the Microdata Management
Toolkit (ADP) Developing an Archive for Labor
Statistics Undersecretary of Technical Planning
and Labor StudiesMinistry of Labor, Employment
and Social Security Argentina
November 5th, 2008
Lic. Ana Sofía Rojo Brizuela
Ministry of Labor, Employment, and Social Security
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Undersecretary of Technical Planning and Labor
Studies

• Provide information to support the design and
  evaluation of public policies related to labor
  market and labor relations.

• Do Research using different data sources, some of
  them developed by INE (such as household surveys,
  national accounts), and others developed by the
  Ministry.

Main Functions

• Develop primary data sources

• Employment and Business Dynamics Observatory

• Child Labor Observatory

Data-Producing Departments within the
Undersecretary

• Labor Indicators Survey

• Collective Bargain Observatory

• Labor Conflicts Observatory

Young organization, with diverse sources of
information
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Undersecretary situation prior to the Toolkit
adoption

• Development new and innovative data sources and
  units of analysis.
• Production of a significant number of
  statistical operations.
• Improvement of data production within the
  Undersecretary.
• The Employment and Business Dynamics Observatory
  received an honorable mention for innovative work
  at the Regional Award for Innovation in
  Statistics organized by the World Bank.
• Efforts focused on inventory, documentation and
  diffusion of existing data using local
  methodologies and tools.

2003 - 2008
Documentation methods were not completely aligned
with international standards
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How we proceeded

• We learned about the microdata documentation
  toolkit developed by ADP

April 2008

• We evaluated the Toolkit, concluding that it
  would
• Improve the Ministry documentation process
• Reduce the mistakes coming from local designs
• Comply with international standards

May 2008
We agreed to adopt the toolkit

• Training activity in Buenos Aires
• Work Plan proposal and agreement
• A multidisciplinary team was formed, gathering
  people from different data producing areas.

July 2008
Current Progress

• Work Plan

• Example of a documented operation

• Labor Ministry's Studies and Statistics

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Summary

• Centralized Data Catalogue.
• Better reliability and accuracy of microdata
  documentation.
• Documentation criteria aligned with international
  standards.
• Adoption of the toolkit as a good statistical
  practice to be used in statistical operations.
• Technical assistance by ADP team.

Expected Results and Benefits
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Work Plan
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Actions
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• Standard definitions and Work Plan
• Team establishment
• Documentation Process
• Dissemination on a National Data Archive
• Expansion to other official data producers

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Standard definitions and Work Plan
09/08
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Team establishment
09/08
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Documentation Process
07/09
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07/09
Dissemination on a National Data Archive
07/09
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Expansion to other official data producers
Ministry of Labor, Employment, and Social Security