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Measuring compliance with minimum wages (2017)
Journal Article
Ritchie, F., Veliziotis, M., Drew, H., & Whittard, D. (2017). Measuring compliance with minimum wages. Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, 42(3-4), 249-270. https://doi.org/10.3233/JEM-180448

© 2017 - IOS Press and the authors. All rights reserved. Identifying genuine underpayment of minimum wages is not straightforward. Some well-known statistical issues affect the measurement of compliance rates, but factors such as processing or behavi... Read More about Measuring compliance with minimum wages.

Principles- versus rules-based output statistical disclosure control in remote access environments (2015)
Journal Article
Ritchie, F., & Elliot, M. (2015). Principles- versus rules-based output statistical disclosure control in remote access environments. IASSIST quarterly / International Association for Social Science Information Service and Technology, 2015(Summer), 5-13

In recent years, the level of detail in confidential data made available to social scientists has increased dramatically. Much of this has been due to the growth in secure data access facilities, which allow access to the most detailed data under str... Read More about Principles- versus rules-based output statistical disclosure control in remote access environments.

Access to sensitive data: Satisfying objectives rather than constraints (2014)
Journal Article
Ritchie, F. (2014). Access to sensitive data: Satisfying objectives rather than constraints. Journal of Official Statistics, 30(3), 533-545. https://doi.org/10.2478/JOS-2014-0033

The argument for access to sensitive unit-level data produced within government is usually framed in terms of risk and the legal responsibility to maintain confidentiality. This article argues that the framing of the question may restrict the set of... Read More about Access to sensitive data: Satisfying objectives rather than constraints.

How do knowledge brokers work? Implications for policy and practice in the case of WERS (2014)
Journal Article
Drew, H., Ritchie, F., & King, A. (2014). How do knowledge brokers work? Implications for policy and practice in the case of WERS. International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development, 13(3), 205-218. https://doi.org/10.1386/tmsd.13.3.205_1

© 2014 Intellect Ltd Article. English language. A resource-based view of organizations suggests that internal knowledge is amongst the most important sources of competitive advantage (Hendry and Pettigrew 1990; Leonard-Barton 1995). Regardless of whe... Read More about How do knowledge brokers work? Implications for policy and practice in the case of WERS.

International access to restricted data: A principles-based standards approach (2013)
Journal Article
Ritchie, F. (2013). International access to restricted data: A principles-based standards approach. Statistical Journal of the IAOS, 29(4), 289-300. https://doi.org/10.3233/SJI-130780

Cross-border access to restricted government microdata for research has made relatively little progress. Recent developments are notable as exceptions. This paper argues that the situation is made more complex by the lack of a common general frame of... Read More about International access to restricted data: A principles-based standards approach.

UK release practices for official microdata (2009)
Journal Article
Ritchie, F. (2009). UK release practices for official microdata. Statistical Journal of the IAOS, 26(3-4), 103-111. https://doi.org/10.3233/SJI-2009-0706

This paper describes the principles and practices by which microdata collected by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) is made available to researchers. Access to detailed confidential microdata, often from official sources, is acknowledged to be... Read More about UK release practices for official microdata.

A good night out: Alcohol-related behaviours in young adults (2009)
Journal Article
Ritchie, C., Ritchie, F., & Ward, R. (2009). A good night out: Alcohol-related behaviours in young adults. Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes, 1(2), 169-193. https://doi.org/10.1108/17554210910962549

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate drinking patterns; attitudes towards alcohol consumption and alcohol-related behaviours amongst differing groups of young adults. A further aim is to investigate whether the drinking behaviours of... Read More about A good night out: Alcohol-related behaviours in young adults.

Female earnings and gender differentials in Great Britain 1977-1994 (1998)
Journal Article
Ritchie, F., & Bell, D. (1998). Female earnings and gender differentials in Great Britain 1977-1994. Labour Economics, 5(3), 331-357. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0927-5371%2898%2900005-0

This paper employs an extremely large but comparatively under-researched dataset, the New Earnings Survey, to construct a model of female earnings in Great Britain from 1977 to 1994. This study is the first to utilise the dataset's panel nature. Unus... Read More about Female earnings and gender differentials in Great Britain 1977-1994.