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Labour markets change continuously as sectors grow and shrink, technology shifts tasks, populations age and climate policy reshapes industries. The effects show up in which jobs exist, where, on what contracts and at what pay. This page sets out how labour market change happens, how it is measured with standard classifications, and what evidence serves the labour ministries, employers and unions who respond to it.

01Qeyd

Labour market change on the record.

02The question

Labour market change: how the risk develops.

Sector employment and occupational risk. The dossier below sets out how the risk develops, what is measured, where the data come from, how it is modelled and who decides.

Mekanîzma

Sectoral shifts move workers

Employment moves from agriculture and manufacturing toward services as economies develop, and from declining to growing industries during transitions.

Mekanîzma

Contracts are changing

Temporary, part-time, on-call and platform work have grown in many countries, changing security, benefits and bargaining power.

Mekanîzma

Demography reshapes supply

Ageing reduces the working-age population in some countries, while young populations in others need many new jobs each year.

Mekanîzma

Climate change and policy reallocate jobs

Heat, extreme weather and decarbonisation affect jobs in agriculture, construction, energy and transport, creating and ending work in different places.

03Rêbaz û delîl

How labour market change is modelled, measured and tested.

Model, texmînên wî, daneyên wî û nediyariya wî, bi şeweyê ku zanyar an endezyar kontrol bike. Avahî rêbazên weşandî dişopînin. Nirxên hatine xêzkirin nimûneyî ne, ne encam in.

Modela pergalê

The couplings between the systems in labour market change: signs of influence, a reinforcing and a balancing loop, and cross-links where stress jumps.

++−++KarCivakZîrekiya çêkirîCivakAborîR xurtkerB hevseng
Causal loop diagram from the page’s systems; signs show the direction of influence. Illustrative structure for a system dynamics or network model, not estimated couplings.
Prensîbên rêber ên FAIR · GO FAIR û FORCE11W3C PROV · World Wide Web ConsortiumRêwerzên ji bo birêvebirina hevgirtî ya nediyarîyan · IPCCCEOS Analysis Ready Data · Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
04Li seranserê qadan

Labour markets change with shocks in every domain.

05Nîşander

What is measured, and how well.

Each indicator carries its unit, its cadence, the kind of source behind it and the evidence label a value would carry. No values are shown: a programme supplies them under its own authority.

IndicatorUnitCadenceSource typeNîşan
Employment-to-population ratiopercentquarterlyLabour force surveysStatîstîkên weşandî
Employment by sector and occupationpercent of employmentannualLabour force surveys using ISCOStatîstîkên weşandî
Temporary employmentpercent of employeesannualLabour force surveysStatîstîkên weşandî
Labour underutilisationpercent of extended labour forcequarterlyLabour force surveysStatîstîkên weşandî
Job vacancy ratepercent of posts vacantquarterlyVacancy surveysStatîstîkên weşandî
Real median wagecurrency units in constant pricesannualWage statisticsStatîstîkên weşandî
06Çavkanî

Where the evidence comes from.

Named public datasets and institutional records, each with its licence class. Sources by agreement are used only under their terms and never republished.

ÇavkanîWhat it givesLicence class
ILOSTATEmployment, unemployment, underutilisation and wagesOpen, CC BY 4.0
OECD Employment Outlook and labour statisticsLabour market trends and policy analysisPublic, OECD terms
Eurostat labour force surveyEmployment by sector, occupation and contract typeOpen, Eurostat reuse policy
National labour force surveysEmployment structureLicence per statistics office
Online job posting data summariesDemand by occupation and skillCommercial; public summaries (to check)
07Biryar

Who decides, and what the evidence serves.

Future of Work and Skills prepares evidence. The decisions below are taken by the authorities named, under their own rules, and never by the platform.

Kî biryarê dideThe questionEvidence this page serves
Labour ministriesWhich sectors and groups need transition supportChange profiles; scenarios
Employers’ organisations and unionsWhat to negotiate on contracts and transitionsJob quality evidence
Public employment servicesWhere to focus job matching and trainingVacancy and underutilisation evidence

Outputs this topic produces

  • Labour market change profiles by sector and region
  • Contract and job quality analyses
  • Transition scenarios for climate-affected sectors
  • Evidence notes for employment strategies
08Core questions

What labour economists ask.

  • Which sectors and occupations are growing or shrinking, where and for whom?
  • Is change driven by technology, trade, demand, demography or policy?
  • Are displaced workers finding comparable work, and how long does it take?
  • Are labour markets becoming more polarised between high- and low-paid work?
09Mechanisms

Drivers of structural change.

Technology changes the relative productivity of tasks, shifting demand towards skills that complement it. Trade and global value chains move production between countries. Demographic ageing shrinks labour supply in some economies and increases demand for care work. Consumer demand shifts as incomes rise. Public policy, from minimum wages to industrial strategy, shapes all of these.

Change is uneven. Earlier computerisation reduced demand for routine middle-skill jobs in many economies, a pattern called job polarisation. Workers displaced from declining industries often face lasting earnings losses, especially older workers and those in places with few alternatives.

10Methods and data

Measuring change and its limits.

  1. 01

    Labour force surveys and administrative data

    Employment, hours and earnings by sector and occupation. Informal work is poorly captured in many countries.

  2. 02

    Occupational risk indicators

    Measures of exposure to automation, trade or climate built from task data, using aborî û aboriya pêşketinê. Exposure is not the same as job loss.

  3. 03

    Displacement studies

    Following workers after job loss with linked data and econometrics. Such data exist in relatively few countries.

  4. 04

    Vacancy and online job data

    Near-real-time signals of skill demand. Online postings over-represent some occupations and regions.

11Rêbaz

How it is studied, and what the methods cannot say.

  1. Aborînasî û aborînasiya pêşketinêTask-based analysis of technology · Labour market institutions · Just transition economicsApplied here
  2. EkonometrîDisplacement effects with linked data · Training programme evaluation · Workforce projectionsApplied here
  3. Zanistên civakî û tevgerîJob quality surveys · Social dialogue studies · Learner experience researchApplied here
12Where this page’s references

Where this page’s references lead.

Sazî û belgeyên ku ev rûpel li hember wan tê xwendin. Rewş û çap diguherin; her girêdan diçe ba saziya derxistinê.

13Pirs

Pirs û bersiv.

What is labour underutilisation?
A broad measure combining unemployment, time-related underemployment and the potential labour force, showing unmet need for work beyond the unemployment rate.
What is ISCO?
The International Standard Classification of Occupations, maintained by the ILO, used to classify jobs consistently across countries.
How does climate change affect jobs?
Through heat and extreme weather that reduce working hours and productivity, and through policies that shrink some industries and grow others.
What is job polarisation?
Growth in high-paid and low-paid jobs alongside a decline in middle-paid routine jobs, associated with earlier waves of computerisation in many economies.
Why do displaced workers lose earnings for years?
Their skills may be specific to a declining firm or industry, local alternatives may pay less, and long spells out of work can reduce future prospects.
Does the platform publish occupational risk rankings?
It publishes exposure indicators with their methods and uncertainty, not rankings of jobs that will disappear.
Can online job data replace surveys?
No. They are timely but unrepresentative. They complement surveys and administrative data rather than replacing them.
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