ESeC – Feasibility Report

As part of its statistical harmonisation programme, Eurostat asked the UK Office for National Statistics to convene an expert group on a harmonised European socio-economic classification. The group reported in January 2001. The report contains the following:

Report summary

• Introduction
• Establishing the purposes and uses of ESeC
• Desirable characteristics of ESeC
• SECs in EU member states
• The conceptual basis of ESeC
• ESeC: an outline classification
• Operational issues
• ESeC and ISCO88
• Validating ESeC
• References

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