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Experimental model-based single-month estimates for the Labour Force Survey: methods explained
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Improvements to earnings estimates for small businesses in average weekly earnings
The impact of improvements to the average weekly earnings (AWE) estimates of small businesses.Keywords: wages, salaries, pay, AWE, ASHE
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Revisions to workforce jobs: December 2018
An explanation of the revisions to the workforce jobs series released on 11 December 2018 in the Labour market statistical bulletin.Keywords: workforce jobs, employee jobs, labour market, WFJ
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Analysis of the large increase in the Labour Force Survey disability data: April to June 2017 to July to September 2017 and the periods after this increase
In November 2017, we suspended Dataset A08 (Labour market status of disabled people) due to a large increase between Quarter 2 and 3 2017. While the evidence was not conclusive we could not identify any quality issues and reinstated the dataset from 15 May 2018 subject to health warnings. This article makes conclusions about the nature of the large increase and provides advice to users about how to interpret the disability series.Keywords: unemployment, employment, inactive, LFS
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Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, Low pay and Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings pension results QMI
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Exploring the use of external data to assess for observed bias in Labour Force Survey estimates: interim findings
A report on progress to assess potential bias in the Labour Force Survey through a comparison against alternative data sources including proxy labour measures from administrative data.Keywords: non-response bias, LFS, employment, workforce jobs
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Analysis of the discontinuity in the Labour Force Survey disability data: April to June 2017 to July to September 2017 and the periods after the apparent discontinuity
In November 2017, Office for National Statistics suspended Dataset A08 (Labour market status of disabled people) for subsequent time periods due to an apparent discontinuity between Quarter 2 (April to June) and Quarter 3 (July to September) 2017. This article updates a previous analysis of the discontinuity that has been completed prior to reinstating Dataset A08.Keywords: unemployment, employment, inactive,
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Public sector employment QMI
Quality and Methodology Information report detailing the methods behind the Public sector employment (PSE) release. PSE is the official measure of people employed in the UK public sector, including private sector estimates. Data are released on a quarterly basis in the form of a statistical bulletin.Keywords: QMI, PSE, Quality, Methodology, Employment
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Analysis of the discontinuity in the Labour Force Survey disability data: April to June 2017 to July to September 2017
In November 2017, Office for National Statistics suspended Dataset A08 (Labour market status of disabled people) for subsequent time periods due to an apparent discontinuity between Quarter 2 (April to June) 2017 and Quarter 3 (July to September) 2017. This article outlines the analysis of the discontinuity that has been completed prior to reinstating Dataset A08.Keywords: Unemployment, Employment, Inactive
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Revisions to workforce jobs: December 2017
An explanation of the revisions to the workforce jobs series released on 13 December 2017 in the Labour market statistical bulletin.Keywords: workforce jobs, employee jobs, labour market