1. Segregation at Estonian labour market –
challenges and opportunities
Marta Traks
National EURES coordinator
Estonian Unemployment Insurance Fund

2. Distribution of the Estonian population by counties
Source: Statistics Estonia, data on 01.01.2015
Total number of registered population of Estonia: 1 352 486 by 1 November 2016.
84% of them Estonian citizens; 9,7 % persons with undetermined citizenship and 6,1% citizens of other countries

3. Labour force forecast
Source: Statistics Estonia
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Number of people in thousands
Number of employed Number of unemployed Number of inactive
Labour force aged 16 - pension age: 637,1 thousands
Employment rate: 66,5% (III Q 2016)

4. Source: Unemployment InsuranceFund
Registered unemployment rate by counties,31.10.2016
Number of registered unemployed (aged 16 - pension age): 26 914
Unemployment rate: 4,2%

5. Share of registered unemployed in risk groups, %
Source: Unemployment InsuranceFund
70% of registered unemployed belong to at least one risk group

6. Registered unemployed by citizenship, 31.10.2016
45% of unemployed are Russian speakers (31.10.2016)
Source: Unemployment InsuranceFund
75.3%
12.4%
10.0%
0.7%
0.4%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
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0.6%
0.7%
Estonia Undetermined citizenship Russia
Ukraina Latvia Belarus
Lithuania Syria Iraq
Georgia Italy Others

7. Employment Measures Disability Employment Measures
▪ Job mediation and counselling (incl.
EURES)
▪ Career information&councelling
▪ Training and traineeships
▪ Business start-up&follow-up support
▪ Wage subsidies (incl My First Job)
▪ Job creation support (regional)
▪ Mobility allowance
▪ Coaching for working life
▪ Voluntary&community work
▪ Psychological, debt&
addiction councelling
▪ Individual job coaching&placement
▪ Care allowance
▪ Individual solutions
▪ Assistance with job interview
▪ Technical aids&workplace adjustments
▪ Employment with support person
▪ Sheltered employment
▪ Peer counselling
▪ Employment rehabilitation
▪ Travel-to-work-allowance
▪ Mobile councelling for young people
with special needs (from school to work)
▪ Councelling&training for employers
Preventive Measures
▪ Skills training
▪ Study allowance (vocational or
higher education)
▪ Employer’s training grant
(recruitement or change)
Employment
Measures for
Jobseekers,
Employers and
Employees

8. Participation in Active Labour Market Programs
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5%
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40%
2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
Participation in ALMP (monthly average)
Other measures
Wage subsidy
Job search training
Career counselling
Coaching for working life
Work practice
Work related training
Business start-up subsidy
Source: Unemployment InsuranceFund

9. Transition into employment within 6 month
after finishing work practice and training

10. Unemployed participating in töötukassa programs/
services/trainings, by the language groups (2015)
Source: Unemployment InsuranceFund

11. Participation of unemployed persons in Estonian
language trainings (2015 ja 2016)
1544
1772
1519
1203
1203
819
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2015 2016 (January - October)
Koolitusele sisenejate arv
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Kõik koolitustele sisenejad sh koolituse/eksami tulemus teada Koolituse lõpetanuid
Source: Unemployment InsuranceFund

12. Töötukassa - Connecting employers and jobseekers
www.tootukassa.ee

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