Employment
Statistics
Analyses, articles and publications
- LÆRERMOD 2.0 Technical documentation of Statistics Norway’s teacher projection model
This documentation highlights the new version of LÆRERMOD - assumptions, equations, and implementation in Python.
- People aged 16 -39 years with immigrant background in employment and education 2022
This report describes the disparities in the shares of persons aged 16-39 who are in employment or education (i.e. the share of the population that is active).
- Weighting methodology for the Norwegian Labour Force Survey from 2021 onwards
This document provides the background of the revision that was made in 2021 in the weighting methodology for the Norwegian Labour Force Survey (NLFS), and practical and technical details behind the calculation of monthly and quarterly individual weights and yearly household weights.
- Starting and maintaining immigrants' self-employment
This report analyzes the transition to self-employment among immigrants and others with an immigrant background compared to the natives, and to what extent they maintain their businesses.
- Teacher Projections 2020-2040
We project a surplus in 2040 of kindergarten teachers, compulsory school teachers, and teachers in upper secondary education (i.e., subject teachers, vocational teachers, and those with practical pedagogical education), except for those with practical pedagogical education in vocational subjects.
- Refugees inside and outside the labour market 2021
55.8 per cent of the refugees 15-66 years old were employed in the 4th quarter of 2021. In the whole Norwegian population of the same age 73.7 per cent were employed. There was an increase in the employment rate of 4.1 percentage points among the refugees and an increase of 1.8 percentage point in the total population from 2020 to 2021.
- Education and occupation
This report uses information on employees from register-based employment (2003–2014) and a-ordningen (coordinated reporting by employers about income and employees to NAV, Statistics Norway, and the Norwegian Tax Administration, 2015–2022), as well as advertised positions from NAV and Statistics Norway (2015–2022) to examine relationships between education and occupation.
- Employment in public health and care: Projections and history
Norway, like many other countries, faces significant population aging, which will increase demand for health and health related care (HC) services. The government has a statutory responsibility to provide HC, and finances about 85 percent of the total HC-expenditures in Norway.
- Labour market for educational groups in health and care towards 2040
Statistics Norway has prepared updated and improved projections for demand and supply of different educational groups directed towards health and care. Demand for important groups of personnel working in hospitals and local government health and care services is highly dependent on ageing of the Norwegian population.
- Newly qualified nurses and primary school teachers in the labor market
Nurses and primary school teachers are sought-after labour, and it is expected that the need for these professions will increase further in the upcoming years. In order to meet this demand, we are dependent on those who have completed these educations to work in the professions for which they are trained.
- The Norwegian Labour Force Survey sampling design
In 2021, many changes were implemented in the Norwegian Labour Force Survey (NLFS). The sampling plan was changed to better reflect the main output goals for the survey. It included moving to an individual sampling unit, allowing new stratification variables and allocations.
- People not in employment, education or training in 2015-2020
The purpose of this report is to investigate the differences between people staying outside employment, education and training for several years, compared to people being outside these activities for a shorter period.
- Structural break in the Norwegian LFS due to the 2021 redesign
The labour force surveys (LFSs) on all Eurostat countries underwent a substantial redesign in January 2021. To ensure coherent labour market time series for the main indicators in the Norwegian LFS, we model the impact of the redesign.
- Labour immigrants from countries outside the EEA
Labour immigrants add important expertise to Norwegian society and help to cover labour shortages. Norway has historically had labour immigration from far back in time. We take a closer look at labour immigrants from countries outside the European Economic Area (EEA) as well as their family members in this report.
- Refugees inside and outside the labour market 2020
51.7 per cent of the refugees 15-66 years old were employed in the 4th quarter of 2020. In the whole Norwegian population of the same age 71.9 per cent were employed. There was a decrease in the employment rate of 1.1 percentage points among the refugees and a decrease of 1.0 percentage point in the total population from 2019 to 2020. Thus the disparity in the employment rate between these two populations was almost unchanged.
- Break estimation in the Norwegian LFS due to the 2021 redesign. Documentation of the methods and some results
In 2021 The Norwegian Labour force survey (LFS) went through a substantial redesign in accordance with the new regulation for integrated European social statistics (IESS). To ensure coherent labour market time series for the main indicators, the redesign's impact is modelled to make back-calculated estimates adjusted for possible breaks due to the 2021 LFS-redesign.
- People aged 16 -39 years with immigrant background in employment and education 2020
This report describes the disparities in the shares of persons aged 16-39 who are in employment or education (i.e. the share of the population that is active).
- Working life and measures to curb the pandemic – What has happened since the 12th of March 2020?”
The spread of Covid-19 and measures to control infection introduced by the Norwegian authorities from 12 March 2020, had a major impact on the labour market for both employers and employees. This report seeks to describe the consequences of the infection control measures from the time they came into force and up until May 2021. The measures, whether national or local, are not described beyond the starting point in March.
- Selection in Surveys
We evaluate how nonresponse affects conclusions drawn from survey data and consider how researchers can reliably test and correct for nonresponse bias.
- Increase in the employment and decrease in the unemployment
The number of employed persons increased by 38 000 and the number of unemployed decreased with the same amount from June to September, adjusted for seasonal variations. In September the employment rate was 68,8 per cent and the unemployment rate 3,6 per cent.
- Labour force participation and the potential for increased employment participation among persons with immigrant backgrounds
This report analyses occupational participation and non-employment in the labour market among immigrants, attempting to gain a better understanding of what contributes to lower versus higher occupational participation.
- Unemployment at 4.0 per cent
There were 115 000 unemployed persons in Norway in August. The last time the number was lower was in March 2020.
- Empirical modelling of internal migration and commuting flows for economic regions in Norway
This paper provides empirical results for internal migration and commuting flows using panel data for 89 economic regions in Norway for the years 2001-2014.
- Empirical modelling of internal migration and commuting flows for economic regions in Norway
Vi modellerer flyttestrømmer og pendling mellom 89 økonomiske regioner i Norge (NUTS 4) for individer i alderen 15-74 år og utnytter ‘makro’ paneldata for årene 2001-2014.
- Decrease in unemployment
According to seasonal adjusted numbers from the Labour Force Survey, the unemployment rate was 4.2 per cent in July. This corresponds to a decrease of 0.6 percentage points from April.
- Strong increase in employment
Adjusted for seasonal variations, the number of employed persons increased by 43 000 from March to June. There were only minor changes in the unemployment in this period. The 138 000 unemployed persons in June corresponded to 4.8 per cent of the labour force.
- Welfare effects of tax policy change when there are choice restrictions on labour supply
Information about individual choices of heterogeneous agents. Results can for example be used to describe the distributional effects of tax policy change, such as the effects on changes in money metric utility – distributions of equivalent and compensating variation (EV or CV).
- Number of employed persons on pre-pandemic level
The number of employed persons increased by 42 000 from February to May. The number of employed persons were then at about the same level as before the corona crisis. From February to May 2021, however, there were only minor changes in unemployment.
- Increase in employment
The number of employed persons increased from January to April. There were only minor changes in the unemployment in this period. The 141 000 unemployed persons in April corresponded to 4.9 per cent of the labour force.
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