Publication The German Employment Accounts for National Accounts and Labour Market Statistics – Experiences and findings of six decades

The number of persons in employment in Germany is a key element of the country’s labour market reporting and National Accounts. The German Federal Statistical Office has for many years provided appropriate information from the Employment Accounts for both of these purposes. The article traces the historical development of the Employment Accounts in the system of labour market statistics and in the National Accounts. Special attention should be paid to the major revisions of the National Accounts, which have frequently also formed the framework for important revisions of the Employment Accounts. This article devotes a whole section to the latest revision, carried out in 2011, the main reason for which was the changeover to the Classification of Economic Activities, 2008 edition (WZ 2008) used in the German National Accounts.

Author: Stephan Lüken

Article published in "WISTA – Scientific Journal", 5-2012