Helsinki, Finland 8th June 2026
Pasila Government Office Centre, Small auditorium
9.00-9.30 Registration and morning coffee
9.30 Some practical words, Pertti TASKINEN & FI-LFS WS Team
Morning sessions
9.35-10.55
Session 1: Data in progress
Chair: Daniel F. GUSTAFSSON, Statistics Denmark
Beyond Surveys: Integrating and Using Administrative Data for Advanced Labour Market Measurement in Türkiye, Gözde Nur DINARCAN, Turkish Statistical Institute
Uncertainty and Change in Measuring Ethnic Identity in the Hungarian Labour Force Survey with a focus on the Roma population, Réka KÉMENY, Hungarian Central Statistical Office
Data rotation in online modes: lessons from the UK Transformed Labour Force Survey (TLFS), Charlotte MACKAY, Office for National Statistics
Shifting the Focus from Three‑Month Moving Averages to Trend‑Cycle Estimates in the Norwegian Labour Force Survey, Ingebjørg AAMODT, Statistics Norway
(very short break)
11.00-12.00
Session 2: Classification with machine learning
Chair: Cátia NUNES, Statistics Portugal
ML-assisted ISCO-coding in the Danish LFS, Daniel F. GUSTAFSSON, Statistics Denmark
Free-Text Classification Using Machine Learning, Daniela GUMPRECHT, Statistics Austria
Using machine learning to derive economic activity codes in the Norwegian Labour Force Survey, Sofie BAUMANN, Statistics Norway
12.00-13.15
LUNCH BREAK
Afternoon sessions
13.15-14.45
Session 3: Population and weighting
Chair: Ingebjørg AAMODT, Statistics Norway
Methodological Approaches to Improve Coverage of Foreign Populations in the Maltese LFS, Charlene ABELA, National Statistical Office
Weighting and estimation in the Dutch LFS, Lian KOSTERS, Statistics Netherlands
Improving the accuracy of the Italian Labour Force Survey by using administrative data to adjust for nonresponse bias through calibration methods, Maria Herica LA VALLE, ISTAT
Recent changes to weighting in the Polish LFS. Household weights in case of partial unit non-response, Tomasz PIASECKI, Statistics Poland
(Short break)
15.00-16.30
Session 4: Dealing with data collection
Chair: Elodie Cayotte, Eurostat
Same question, same measure? The Global Activity Limitation Indicator (GALI) in LFS and EU-SILC, Tina OSVALD-ZALETELJ, Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia
Measuring Unemployment Service Registration and Receipt of Benefits: A Comparison of LFS and Register Data, Tuomo HEIKURA, Statistics Finland
Investigating the absence of CATI in the Danish LFS, Anna Skovbæk Mortensen, Statistics Denmark
Dealing with unexpected events in the PT LFS: the case of storm Kristin, Célio OLIVEIRA and Cátia NUNES, Statistics Portugal
Social Program
To be announced later