Badanie Aktywności Ekonomicznej Ludności jako podstawa modernizacji statystyki pracy
Labour Force Survey as a basis for labour statistics modernisation

Summary/Abstract: This year, in May, 25 years have passed since the implementation of the Labour Force Survey (LFS) in the Polish official statistics. It plays a very important role in monitoring labour market and facilitates its’ comprehensive analyses. On the occasion of this jubilee, the article presents the premises of implementing the LFS in Poland, considering the need to reconstruct labour statistics in connection with the transformation of the Polish economy and the change in users expectations regarding the scope of information about the labour market. This demand became the basis for the development of the LFS concept. International cooperation and support for the scientific community were of great importance in its creation. Describing the concept and organisation of the LFS, the main pillar of changes in the Polish labour statistics, the possibility of including ad-hoc modules on issues of particular importance and urgency for decision-makers and labour market analysts was highlighted. The advantage of the survey was also the prompt development and dissemination of results, which were extremely important at a time of dynamic changes on the labour market.

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