Measuring Quality of Employment: Sub-dimension 4b

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Measuring Quality of EmploymentSub-dimension
4b Social Protection

• Monica D. Castillo
• Senior Statistician, ILO Department of Statistics
• Email castillom_at_ilo.org

Meeting of the Group of Experts on Measuring
Quality of Employment Seventh session, 11-13
September 2013 Palais des Nations, Geneva
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Contents

• Brief introduction to the sub-dimension
• Indicators with no or very minor
  (non-substantial) changes since 2011
• Indicators that have been removed
• Indicators with substantial changes
• New indicators
• Indicator sheets and glossary
• Issues for discussion

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Brief introduction to Sub-dimension 4b Social
Protection (1)

• Covers
• Small set of indicators on workers that
  contribute to social protection schemes for
  contingencies of old age or unemployment only
• Workers contributing to schemes (2 indicators)
• Amount of insurance payment (1 indicator)
• Does not cover
• Worker contributions to social protection for
  contingencies caused by sickness, old age,
  survival, and disability (pension) maternity,
  employment injury, death of a family member (if
  not long-term benefit or pension)
• Social protection indicators related to a lack of
  access or unaffordable access to health care
• Social protection indicators on insufficient
  family support, particularly for children and
  adult dependants
• Social protection measures related to general
  poverty and social exclusion.

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Brief introduction to Sub-dimension 4b Social
Protection (2)

• Three indicators included
• 4.b1 Percentage of employed persons contributing
  to a pension scheme
• 4.b2 Percentage of employees who are active
  contributors to unemployment insurance
• 4.b3 Mean unemployment insurance payment as a
  percentage of mean earnings

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Indicators with no or very minor
(non-substantial) changes since 2011

• Two indicators with minor changes
• 1) Previous title Share of employees covered
  by unemployment insurance
• Current title 4.b2 Percentage of employees who
  are active contributors to unemployment insurance
• Language changes made for greater concept
  precision
• 2) Previous title Average weekly unemployment
  insurance payment as a share of average weekly
  wage
• Current title 4.b3 Mean unemployment insurance
  payment as a percentage of mean earnings
• Language changes made for greater concept
  precision and monthly is now suggested in the
  formula (not indicated in the new title) over
  weekly

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Indicators that have been removed since 2011

• Only one indicator removed
• Indicator name Public social security
  expenditure as a share of GDP
• Reason At Nov. 2012 EG meeting, it was decided
  to remove it from sub-dimension 4b since it is
  not directly related to the measurement of QE
• Suggestion at last EG meeting Include as a
  context indicator (it is now part of the
  suggested list)

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Indicators with substantial changes

• Only one indicator with substantial changes
• Previous title Share of economically active
  population contributing to a pension fund
• Current title 4.b1 Percentage of employed
  persons contributing to a pension scheme
• Reason Comments received from reviewers
  suggested changing EAP to employed persons to be
  consistent with the QE measurement framework.
• Suggestion include a new context indicator to
  cover percentage of EAP contributing to a pension
  scheme (not yet included)

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New indicators

• No new indicators added to date
• Proposal suggest for consideration the inclusion
  of two new indicators for countries where
  relevant
• Percentage of employed persons who are active
  contributors to a health insurance scheme
• Percentage of employed persons whose families are
  covered by a health insurance scheme through the
  employed persons contribution to the scheme.
• Justification universal healthcare systems are
  not available in all states for all workers or
  their families
• NOTE Interpretation guidelines should indicate
  the need to analyse these indicators (if selected
  by a country) jointly with an indicator on the
  existence and coverage of a public healthcare
  system

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Indicator sheets and glossary (1)

• Indicators refer exclusively to contributory
  social protection schemes for the contingencies
  of old age and unemployment only
• Essential to take into account any existing
  non-contrib. schemes for a
• more complete picture of social protection of
  employed persons
• Two of three indicators defined only by
  employed/employee contributors to social
  protection schemes
• thus may present a partial view of scheme
  contributors
• Different recommended sources for numerator and
  denominator in 2/3 indicators
• Not ideal potential for differences in coverage,
  data reference periods, etc.

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Indicator sheets and glossary (2)

• Differences in concept definitions, geo.
  coverage, coverage of beneficiaries, and
  reference period will affect intl data
  comparability
• EU-LFS not designed to produce estimates for the
  calculation of these indicators
• 28 terms are defined in the glossary
• Links included
• Note included regarding the 19th ICLS where
  revised draft standards on labour force and work
  statistics will be discussed for adoption

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Issues for discussion

• Indicator 4.b1 change to employed or keep EAP
  (or labour force)?
• If 4.b1 is changed to employed, ILO recommends
  adding a new context indicator on percentage of
  unemployed persons contributing to a pension
  scheme.
• Should we consider adding two new indicators?
• Percentage of employed persons who are active
  contributors to a health insurance scheme
• Percentage of employed persons whose families are
  covered by a health insurance scheme through the
  employed persons contribution to the scheme.
• Should any other social protection indicators for
  other types of contingencies be covered in this
  sub-dimension? (e.g. disability, maternity,
  childcare or family care, employment injury,
  death?)

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• Thank you for your attention