[CH] Social protection and labour market (SESAM)

Full name of the series in original language

Syntheseerhebung Soziale Sicherheit und Arbeitsmarkt / Protection sociale et marché du travail

Abstract

The SESAM statistical project aims to provide an essential source for research on employment and social security schemes in Switzerland. This new source is composed of a linkage of data from the Swiss Labour Force Survey (SLFS) with information gathered from different social insurance registers:
- AVS / AHV : old age, survivors' and disability insurance ;
- AI / IV : disability pensions;
- PC / EL : complementary benefits;
- AC / ALV : unemployment insurance (since 2004 only).
The SLFS focuses mainly on the labour market but its modules also cover the topics of education and training, unpaid work, migration and social security. The contribution of data from registers to each SLFS makes it possible to broaden analyses of the fields of health, income, retirement and unemployment by merging the SESAM data gathered from registers with the SLFS data.

Geographic coverage

Switzerland

Time method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Time period

1999 => 2011

Types of available microdata

Consistency type

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Foreign researchers	N/A	N/A	N/A

Access mode

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Onsite access	N/A	N/A	N/A
Remote access	N/A	N/A	N/A
Remote execution	N/A	N/A	N/A

Update date

15/09/2021