Resumen
The national statistical institutes face permanently the need to reform andupdate the statistical criteria and instruments for labor market analysis, as well as to adapt international recommendations for measurement. These processespose important challenges regarding the comparability of information, necessaryto analyze the labor market dynamics. This study presents a consistentmethodological approach for the splicing of labor market aggregates basedon microeconomic information from household surveys. We analyze the case ofthe national unemployment rate for Ecuador; assess the potential alternativesfor simulation and define a consistent selection criterion for the prognosis andsplicing of the series.