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Using ASHE to examine trends in low pay: Initial exploration of the data

Bryson, Alex; Phan, Van; Stokes, Lucy; Ritchie, Felix; Forth, John; McKenzie, Arusha; Whittard, Damian

Authors

Alex Bryson

Lucy Stokes

John Forth

Arusha McKenzie

Damian Whittard Damian2.Whittard@uwe.ac.uk
Associate Professor in Policy & Practice in Economics



Abstract

Using the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) 2004-2019 we report consistent time-series estimates of the percentage of jobs on and around the minimum wage; low paid jobs above the minimum; and ‘high paid’ jobs. In doing so we report on some important methodological considerations including the construction of hourly pay in ASHE; the identification of ‘main’ and ‘other’ jobs; the incidence of missing data; and the use of rounding. We show the percentage of jobs paying around the minimum wage has risen over the period, but so too has the number of ‘high paid’ jobs.

Report Type Policy Document
Acceptance Date Nov 2, 2020
Online Publication Date Nov 2, 2020
Deposit Date Mar 1, 2021
Publicly Available Date Apr 27, 2021
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/7156644

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