Leveraging Online Job Portal Data in Asia and the Pacific

Analyzing how Asia and the Pacific's online job portal data can be used to assess labor market and broader economic trends, this report explains why improving data quality and tackling legal and ethical issues can help countries better match labor demand and supply. Drawing from a scoping study of 34 job sites from 12 economies, it studies the type, structure, and format of data available from analysis of vacancy postings and jobseeker characteristics. It explains why data fails to represent the full job market, highlights the impact of low digitalization and high informality, and shows how stronger standardization and harmonization can support policy development.