Earnings: Summary of sources and developments
(2007)
Journal Article
Hayes, R., Ormerod, C., & Ritchie, F. (2007). Earnings: Summary of sources and developments. Economic and Labour Market Review, 1(1), 42-47. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.elmr.1410011
All Outputs (125)
Do company wage policies persist in the face of minimum wages? (2006)
Journal Article
Lam, K., Ormerod, C., Ritchie, F., & Vaze, P. (2006). Do company wage policies persist in the face of minimum wages?. Labour Market Trends, 114(3), 57-88
Access to business microdata in the UK: Dealing with the irreducible risks (2005)
Presentation / Conference
Ritchie, F. (2005, November). Access to business microdata in the UK: Dealing with the irreducible risks. Paper presented at Work session on statistical data confidentiality 2005, UNECE/Eurostat, Geneva, Switzerland,
Business data linking: Recent UK experience (2004)
Journal Article
Ritchie, F. (2004). Business data linking: Recent UK experience. Austrian Journal of Statistics, 33(1-2), 89-97
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%2900005-0This 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.
Hellenic statistical authority mission on microdata access: Final report
Report
Ritchie, F. Hellenic statistical authority mission on microdata access: Final reportA mission was convened to review current data access practices at the Hellenic Statistical Authority and make recommendations for future development. The resulting report defines a complete data access strategy for the Greek NSI. The report uses the... Read More about Hellenic statistical authority mission on microdata access: Final report.
Five Safes: Designing data access for research
Working Paper
Desai, T., Ritchie, F., & Welpton, R. (2016). Five Safes: Designing data access for researchWhat is the best way of managing access to sensitive data? This is not a straightforward question, as it involves the interaction of legal, technical, statistical and, above all, human components to produce a solution. This paper introduces a modelli... Read More about Five Safes: Designing data access for research.
User-focused threat identification for anonymised microdata
Working Paper
Hafner, H., Lenz, R., & Ritchie, F. (2015). User-focused threat identification for anonymised microdata. BristolWhen producing anonymised microdata for research, national statistics institutes (NSIs) identify a number of 'risk scenarios' of how intruders might seek to attack a confidential dataset. This paper argues that the strategy used to identify confident... Read More about User-focused threat identification for anonymised microdata.
Behavioural aspects of the national minimum wage: Measuring and interpreting behaviour in the low-wage labour market
Working Paper
Fry, S., & Ritchie, F. (2013). Behavioural aspects of the national minimum wage: Measuring and interpreting behaviour in the low-wage labour market. UKReport for LPC on how low pay is measured in official data sources. Finds that (a) employers tend to 'round' hourly pay rates, suggesting scope for rent-sharing in these low-paying jobs, and/or high transactions costs associated with wage-setting; an... Read More about Behavioural aspects of the national minimum wage: Measuring and interpreting behaviour in the low-wage labour market.
Measuring non-compliance with minimum wages
Working Paper
Ritchie, F., Veliziotis, M., Drew, H., & Whittard, D. (2016). Measuring non-compliance with minimum wages. Bristol, UKMany countries have a statutory minimum wage for employees. There is a strong policy interest in knowing the degree of compliance with the law. Quantitative analysis is ideally suited to this, and many countries have rich datasets for employment rese... Read More about Measuring non-compliance with minimum wages.
Can a change in attitudes improve effective access to administrative data for research?
Working Paper
Ritchie, F. (2016). Can a change in attitudes improve effective access to administrative data for research?. Bristol, UKThe re-use of administrative data for social research holds great potential. From a privacy perspective, administrative data present some additional challenges, including lack of consent, existence of matching databases, and the association with data... Read More about Can a change in attitudes improve effective access to administrative data for research?.
How do knowledge brokers work? The case of WERS
Working Paper
Drew, H., Ritchie, F., & King, A. (2014). How do knowledge brokers work? The case of WERS. BristolA resource-based view of organizations suggests that internal knowledge is amongst the most important sources of competitive advantage. Regardless of whether these ideas are exaggerated, it is not necessary to buy into them all to accept the signific... Read More about How do knowledge brokers work? The case of WERS.
Operationalising ‘safe statistics’: The case of linear regression
Working Paper
Ritchie, F. (2014). Operationalising ‘safe statistics’: The case of linear regression. BristolThe recent growth in research access to confidential government microdata has prompted the development of more general 'output-based statistical disclosure control' (OSDC) methods which go beyond tabular protection. Central to OSDC is the concept of... Read More about Operationalising ‘safe statistics’: The case of linear regression.
Addressing the human factor in data access: Incentive compatibility, legitimacy and cost-effectiveness in public data resources
Working Paper
Ritchie, F., & Welpton, R. (2014). Addressing the human factor in data access: Incentive compatibility, legitimacy and cost-effectiveness in public data resources. BristolTraditional models of incentivising people suggest that positive incentives are more effective than negative ones. We argue that in data access the opposite can be true, as the assumptions made at the design stage can fundamentally change the user en... Read More about Addressing the human factor in data access: Incentive compatibility, legitimacy and cost-effectiveness in public data resources.
Resistance to change in government: Risk, inertia and incentives
Working Paper
Ritchie, F. (2014). Resistance to change in government: Risk, inertia and incentives. BristolThere is a popular impression that governments are resistant to change and innovation, and that this is due to a combination of overly bureaucratic processes and a culture of risk aversion. It is debatable that this is well-founded, theoretically or... Read More about Resistance to change in government: Risk, inertia and incentives.
Issues in the measurement of low pay: Revised
Working Paper
Fry, S., & Ritchie, F. (2012). Issues in the measurement of low pay: Revised. Bristol, UK
Output-based disclosure control for regressions
Working Paper
Ritchie, F. (2012). Output-based disclosure control for regressions
What is a manufacturing job?
Working Paper
Ritchie, F., Thomas, A., & Welpton, R. (2012). What is a manufacturing job?. UKPolicy initiatives in the UK targeting manufacturing industries have for a number of years been driven by a perceived importance of this sector to the economy. In order to target such policies, it is important to establish the true size of this secto... Read More about What is a manufacturing job?.
Disclosure control of analytical outputs
Working Paper
Ritchie, F. (2011). Disclosure control of analytical outputs
Statistical disclosure control in a research environment
Working Paper
Ritchie, F. (2011). Statistical disclosure control in a research environment