European social statistics

Alternate Titles

• Social protection, expenditure and receipts, data 1995-2003

Description

This year's publication includes for the first time data from the new EU Member States (except Cyprus, Malta, Poland and Slovenia) and for two of the Candidate countries (Bulgaria and Romania). LMP data collection was launched jointly with OECD. The publication presents data on public expenditure on Labour Market Policy (LMP) measures and numbers of participants in these measures (stocks, entrants and exits). Policy measures covered are only those targeted to people who are unemployed, or in risk of involuntary job-loss, and inactive persons who are currently not part of the labour force, but who would like to enter the labour market and are disadvantaged in some way. Labour market policy measures are classified in two ways: by type of action and by type of expenditure. The type of action refers to the way in which the measure acts to achieve its objectives (e.g. training measures or employment incentives). The type of expenditure indicates how the payment is made and who the main recipient is.

Description

The publication includes data (1995-2003) on expenditure and receipts of social protection schemes. The data are drawn up according to the ESSPROS Manual 1996. ESSPROS stands for European System of integrated Social Protection Statistics, a harmonised system providing a means of analysing and comparing social protection financial flows. Expenditure of social protection schemes is broken down into social benefits, administration costs and other expenditure. Social benefits are classified by function: Sickness/Health care, disability, old age, survivors, family/children, unemployment, housing and social exclusion. Receipts of social protection schemes comprise social contributions, general government contributions and other receipts.

Subjects

Series Statement

• Theme 3--Population and social conditions. Detailed tables
• Theme 3--Population and social conditions

Links

• External source

Other Editions

• European social statistics: Social protection : Expenditure and receipts : data 1995-2003Office for Official Publications of the European Communities2006-01-01
• European social statisticsElectronic resource2006-01-01