The Directorate-General for Trade and the JRC have been collaborating since 2012 to provide policymakers with statistical books and chief economist notes.
Most recently, the statistical book 'EU Exports to the World: Effects on Employment' was published in 2021, accompanied by a chief economist note and interactive infographics that complement the statistical book. This report was an updated version of two studies published in 2015 and 2018.
The report illustrates in detail the relationship between trade and employment for the EU as a whole, and for each EU Member State, using the World Input-Output Database (release 2016). The analysis includes detailed data on employment by industry, skill, age and gender from complementary employment statistics. All indicators relate to EU exports to the rest of the world to reflect the scope of EU external trade policymaking.
Trade is at the centre of Europe’s model of economic prosperity and competitiveness. The EU Trade Policy Strategy puts the focus on open strategic autonomy, building on open trade and cooperation to defend EU interests and values.
This is an activity under the AMADEUS project.
Scope
The indicators are available from 2000 until 2019 (or from 2008 to 2019 for age, gender and education level). The geographical breakdown of the data includes the 27 EU Member States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Russia, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, and the United States of America, and an aggregate “Rest of the World” region.
Main publications
- Chief Economist Note: Gender patterns of EU exports - jobs and wage differentials (2022)
- Chief Economist Note: More important than ever - employment content of extra-EU exports (2021)
- Chief Economist Note: The impact of Covid-19 on exports related jobs (2021)
- EU Exports to the World: Effects on Employment (2021)
- EU Trade in Employment (2020)
- EU Trade in Value Added (2020)
- EU Trade in CO2 Emissions (2020)
