Publication Impact of the coronavirus crisis on the labour market: experimental statistics based on data from online job portals

Due to the coronavirus crisis, the demand for data that describe the current economic situation and are available rapidly has increased sharply. This includes information on short-term developments in the labour market. For some time already, the Federal Statistical Office has developed indicators, based on online job advertisements, that can be used for short-term labour market reports and has published these, initially in the form of experimental statistics (EXDAT). The article describes this process of analysis, examines the quality of data collected in this way and presents a monthly index of the development of online job advertisements (in the context of short-term economic development).

Authors: Dr. Jakob de Lazzer, Dr. Martina Rengers

Article published in "WISTA – Scientific Journal", 3-2021