SESRIC organised a Statistics Course on ‘Labour Market Statistics: Harmonization and Analysis of Administrative Data Sources’ on 22-24 October 2019 at the Department of Statistics (DoS) of Malaysia within the framework of OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme.

Mr. Huseyin Tancan KALE, Head of Labour Input Indicators Group of the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), conducted the course with the participation of relevant officials of the DoS of Malaysia.

The Course included discussion activities with a focus on the following topics:

• Labour Market Theories and Statistics;
• Administrative Data Sources for Labour Market Indicators;
• Data Acquisition and Validation;
• Data Management and Cleansing;
• Data Integration and Calibration;
• Descriptive Analysis of Labour Market Statistics using Statistical Software (i.e., SPPS or E-views)
• Production of Labour Input Indices;
• Production Labour Cost Indices; and
• Data Analysis and Dissemination

For more information on OIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme and its activities, please visit: http://www.oicstatcom.org/statcab.php