All Outputs (8)

Using the five safes to structure economic evaluations of data governance (2024)
Journal Article

As the world has become more digitally-dependent, questions of data governance such as ethics, institutional arrangements and statistical protection measures have increased in significance. Understanding the economic contribution of investments in da... Read More about Using the five safes to structure economic evaluations of data governance.

Revisiting sample bias in the UK's Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, with implications for estimates of low pay and the bite of the National Living Wage (2024)
Preprint / Working Paper

The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) is based on an annual one per cent sample of employee jobs and provides many of the UK’s official earnings statistics. These statistics are generated using official weights designed to make the achieved... Read More about Revisiting sample bias in the UK's Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, with implications for estimates of low pay and the bite of the National Living Wage.

The statbarn: A new model for output statistical disclosure control (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A major success for research this century has been the growth of secure facilities allowing research access to detailed sensitive personal data. This has also raised awareness of the problem of output disclosure risk, where statistics may inadvertent... Read More about The statbarn: A new model for output statistical disclosure control.

What can microdata tell us about labour market and wage dynamics in the Western Gateway Area? (2024)
Report

This research uses microdata to analyse labour market and wage dynamics across the Western Gateway Area (WGA) and its constituent parts. It compares the performance of the WGA with national ‘control’ averages. The report covers the period 2004 to 20... Read More about What can microdata tell us about labour market and wage dynamics in the Western Gateway Area?.

The impact of a rising wage floor on labour mobility across firms (2024)
Preprint / Working Paper

In April 2016, a National Living Wage replaced the National Minimum Wage for employees in the UK aged 25 and above, raising their statutory wage floor by 50 pence per hour. This uprating was almost double any in the previous decade and expanded the... Read More about The impact of a rising wage floor on labour mobility across firms.

Working towards a greener Britain: Who, where and for whose benefit? (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Given the urgency of the transition to net-zero, there is a need for a robust evidence base to support green policy interventions. Intelligence in relation to green jobs, however, is partial and fragmented, partially due to the lack of an internation... Read More about Working towards a greener Britain: Who, where and for whose benefit?.

The inadvertently revealing statistic: A systemic gap in statistical training? (2024)
Journal Article

While concerns around data privacy are well-known, there's a lack of awareness and training when it comes to the confidentiality risk of published statistics, argue Ben Derrick, Elizabeth Green, Felix Ritchie, Jim Smith, Paul White

Trusted research environments for health data (2024)
Digital Artefact

This video captures the workshop on 'Trusted Research Environments for Health Data', delivered by David Western, Felix Ritchie, and Andy Gibson. This was part of the Connect, Collaborate, Create with Data and AI 2023 event organised by UWE Bristol an... Read More about Trusted research environments for health data.