Package 'LMPdata'

Title: Easy Import of the EU Labour Market Policy Data
Description: European Commission's Labour Market Policy (LMP) database (<https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/empl/redisstat/databrowser/explore/all/lmp?lang=en&display=card&sort=category>) provides information on labour market interventions, which are government actions to help and support the unemployed and other disadvantaged groups in the transition from unemployment or inactivity to work. It covers the EU countries and Norway. This package provides functions for downloading and importing the LMP data and metadata (codelists).
Authors: Aleksander Rutkowski [aut, cre]
Maintainer: Aleksander Rutkowski <[email protected]>
License: MIT + file LICENSE
Version: 0.1.0
Built: 2024-11-16 02:47:52 UTC
Source: https://github.com/alekrutkowski/lmpdata

Help Index


Import an LMP dataset

Description

The available datasets are:

lmp_dataset_code Description
LMP_EXPSUMM LMP expenditure by type of action -- summary tables
LMP_EXPME Detailed expenditure by LMP intervention
LMP_PARTSUMM LMP participants by type of action -- summary tables
LMP_PARTME Detailed data on participants by LMP intervention
LMP_IND_ACTSUP Activation-Support -- LMP participants per 100 persons wanting to work
LMP_IND_ACTRU Activation of registered unemployed
LMP_IND_ACTIME Timely activation -- share of LMP entrants not previously long-term unemployed
LMP_IND_EXP LMP expenditure in convenient units (% of GDP or purchasing power standard per person wanting to work)
LMP_RJRU Persons registered with Public Employment Services

Usage

importData(lmp_dataset_code, filters = list())

Arguments

lmp_dataset_code

A dataset code name (string). Case insensitive.

filters

A list of uniquely named atomic vectors or an empty list for importing the full dataset (which can be slow).

Value

A data.table with several columns: value_ and flags_ as well as the columns for each dimension, geo i.e. country, time_period i.e. year, and others.

Examples

importData('lmp_expsumm',
           list(geo=c('AT','BE','CZ'), unit='MIO_EUR',
                lmp_type='TOT1_9', exptype=c('XIND','XEMP')))

Import the labels for a dimension code (a code list)

Description

The available datasets are:

dimension_code Description
AGE Age class
EXPTYPE Type of expenditure
GEO Geopolitical entity (reporting) i.e. a country
LMP_TYPE Labour market policy interventions by type of action
flags_ Flags for each statistical observation
REGIS_ES Registration with employment services
SEX Sex / gender
STK_FLOW Stock or flow
UNIT Unit of measure

Usage

importLabels(dimension_code)

Arguments

dimension_code

A dimension code name (string). Case insensitive.

Value

A data.table with 2 columns: codes in the first, labels in the second. If e.g. dimension_code="geo", the first column is named geo and the second column is named geo__label.

Examples

importLabels("geo")
importLabels("exptype")

LMPdata

Description

Easy import of the EU Labour Market Policy data