Share of compensable jobseekers

In order to establish a harmonised and shared definition of the measure of unemployment benefit coverage (share of compensable jobseekers), a tripartite working group (Employment, Unédic, Dares) has been set up. The work of this group has led to the determination of a common benchmark of the rate of coverage by unemployment benefit. **The field on which to measure the coverage rate** To measure a rate of coverage is to report the population of persons covered by unemployment benefit to the population of persons enrolled in the employment centre. In the context of the closure of the job search exemption, the main situation allowing a person to be compensated without being registered, job search exemptions are added to the field, to ensure the continuity of the statistical series over time. Among jobseekers, there are different categories (A, B, C, D, E) depending on whether job seekers are required to seek a job or not and whether or not they are engaged in an activity. In the end, it is chosen to consider the following two reference populations: — The population composed of jobseekers in categories A, B, C, D, E (completed by job seekers): this population provides information on the coverage by compensation of all those enrolled in Pôleemploi; — The population composed of jobseekers of categories A, B, C (completed by job seekers): this population focuses on those who are required to look for a job (i.e. not in training, sickness, assisted contract...). **The allowances taken into account and the declination in the field of Unemployment Insurance and the State** The unemployment benefits chosen for the measure of the rate of coverage are all unemployment benefits, regardless of how they are financed, including reclassification or training allowances, provided they are managed by Pôleemploi. Unemployment benefits paid as part of self-insurance are therefore out of scope, as Pôleemploi does not insure payment. Benefits paid by Pôleemploi which are not covered by unemployment benefit are not taken into account in the extent to which unemployment benefits are covered; these are pre-retirement allowances and aids (e.g. ARCE: support for the take-over or start-up of a business). Unemployment benefits can be grouped according to the funder: Unemployment insurance or State. The measure of the coverage rate can thus be declined over three subsets separate: — Allowances financed by Unemployment Insurance: they include, inter alia, the Return to Employment Assistance Allowance (RAE), as well as the Occupational Security Allowance (ASP) even if part of it is financed by the State. Allowances paid under management agreements which can be identified are excluded; — Allocations financed by the State: they include in particular the specific solidarity allowance (SSA); — Other allowances: co-financed (Remuneration Training Centre Employment (RFPE)) or not financed by unemployment insurance or the State (benefits paid under management agreements: Are-ONP and AREF-ONP). **Unemployment benefit coverage must include cases where people have open rights, even if they do not receive an allowance** There are two situations in relation to compensation: a person may be compensable, i.e. have entitlements to a given allowance once he or she has filed an application for an allowance that has been accepted; a person may be compensated under an allowance for a given month if he or she actually receives it that month. Certain situations (reduced activity, delayed or waiting time, sanction) may explain that a person be compensable, without being compensated for a given month. For the measurement of unemployment benefit coverage, the two complementary approaches are presented. **Data Operating Methodology** Coverage measures are constructed using data from Pôle emploi’s operational information systems. Data relating to a given date may change, depending on the new information available to Pôle emploi (e.g., when he receives, with delay, proof of entry into a traineeship leading to a change of allowance). The work concluded that a 6-month decline is necessary to have sufficiently consolidated data. However, in order to have information on recent periods, a provisional measure is estimated from the data with 3 months of decline. To make this estimate, the numerator’s and denominator’s numbers are assigned a correction coefficient calculated by reporting the average number of the last four quarters observed with 6 months of decline to the same number observed with 3 months of decline. Due to the seasonal nature of the phenomenon studied, published data are corrected seasonal variations (CVS), to make them interpretable during a quarter on the other.