我国现行劳动统计的问题

Problems of Current Employment Statistics in China

目前我国有两种劳动统计。一种是以人口普查为主体的劳动统计 ,另外一种是由城镇单位劳动统计、工商行政管理局对私营企业和个体工商户的行政登记、以及乡村就业人员统计三者组成的“三合一”劳动统计。两种劳动统计在就业人员总数、就业人员的行业构成以及它们的时间变化等方面均存在着较大的分歧。本文通过讨论两种劳动统计在统计方法上的差异来揭示它们在统计结果上出现差异的原因 ,目的是对在经济分析中正确使用劳动统计提供帮助。

China currently has two types of employment statistics. One is part of the national population census that is conducted every ten years, and the other is constructed using three types of annual employment statistics collected through urban statistical reporting system, rural employment surveys and the business registration system of the State Administration of Industry and Commerce, that is, the so-called “three-in-one” employment statistics. The two statistics are different not only in terms of total numbers employed and industrial structures for any given period, but also in terms of changes of employment over time. This paper investigates important differences between the two statistics in statistical coverage and survey methodology and their likely consequences in economic analysis using these statistics.