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Using the five safes to structure economic evaluations of data governance (2024)
Journal Article
Ritchie, F., & Whittard, D. (2024). Using the five safes to structure economic evaluations of data governance. Data & Policy, 6, Article e16

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.

Working towards a greener Britain: Who, where and for whose benefit? (2024)
Conference Proceeding
Whittard, D., Bradley, P., Phan, V., & Ritchie, F. (in press). Working towards a greener Britain: Who, where and for whose benefit?.

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 perils of pre-filling: Lessons from the UK's Annual Survey of Hours and Earning microdata (2023)
Journal Article
Whittard, D., Ritchie, F., Phan, V., Bryson, A., Forth, J., Stokes, L., & Singleton, C. (2023). The perils of pre-filling: Lessons from the UK's Annual Survey of Hours and Earning microdata. Statistical Journal of the IAOS, 39(3), 661-677. https://doi.org/10.3233/SJI-230013

The role of the National Statistical Institution (NSI) is changing, with many now making microdata available to researchers through secure research environments This provides NSIs with an opportunity to benefit from the methodological input from rese... Read More about The perils of pre-filling: Lessons from the UK's Annual Survey of Hours and Earning microdata.

Data use externatilies: Report to department for digital, culture, media and sport by Belmana with the University of the West of England (2022)
Report
Vaze, P., Ioramshvili, C., Whittard, D., & Ritchie, F. (2022). Data use externatilies: Report to department for digital, culture, media and sport by Belmana with the University of the West of England. https://www.gov.uk: Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

This study was commissioned by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to: ● Identify the likely positive and negative externalities of data use (that is, the wider social impacts of data use) and ● Provide an assessment of the viabili... Read More about Data use externatilies: Report to department for digital, culture, media and sport by Belmana with the University of the West of England.

Can we identify students in ASHE? (2022)
Working Paper
Phan, V., Ritchie, F., Whittard, D., Stokes, L., Forth, J., & Bryson, A. Can we identify students in ASHE?

ASHE is a key dataset in the UK, the only one which allows long-term analysis of flows in labour market status and earnings, and hence vitally important in the understanding of low pay and wage progression. Separating out students from non-student wo... Read More about Can we identify students in ASHE?.

The incidence of low pay is falling in Britain, but why – and can we trust the figures? (2022)
Working Paper
Whittard, D., Phan, V., Stokes, L., Forth, J., Bryson, A., Singleton, C., & Ritchie, F. The incidence of low pay is falling in Britain, but why – and can we trust the figures?

Recent research indicates that the percentage of employees in Britain who are low paid – earning below two-thirds median hourly earnings – has been falling in the last 6-7 years. It points to the increased ‘bite’ of the adult National Minimum Wage (N... Read More about The incidence of low pay is falling in Britain, but why – and can we trust the figures?.

Not just arms and legs: Employer perspectives on student workers (2022)
Journal Article
Whittard, D., Drew, H., & Ritchie, F. (2022). Not just arms and legs: Employer perspectives on student workers. Journal of Education and Work, 35(6-7), 751-765. https://doi.org/10.1080/13639080.2022.2126972

The student workforce plays a substantial part in several low-paying industries such as retail and hospitality, and this has grown over time. However, there has been little recent research. The usual assumption is that students compete successfully w... Read More about Not just arms and legs: Employer perspectives on student workers.

Enriched ASHE Quick Start Guide (2022)
Working Paper
Whittard, D., Ritchie, F., Stokes, L., Forth, J., Phan, V., Bryson, A., & Singleton, C. Enriched ASHE Quick Start Guide

The Wage and Employment Dynamics (WED) project was funded by Administrative Data Research 2019-2022 to review, quality assure and enhance ASHE data. The project was also provided with ASHE data linked to the 2011 Census for England and Wales. This do... Read More about Enriched ASHE Quick Start Guide.

The multidimensional model of the one-minute paper: Advancing theory through theoretical elaboration (2022)
Journal Article
Whittard, D., Green, E., Shaffau Shareef, M., & Ismail, I. (2022). The multidimensional model of the one-minute paper: Advancing theory through theoretical elaboration. International Review of Economics Education, 41(November 2022), 100248. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iree.2022.100248

The One Minute Paper (OMP) is a formative assessment technique which provides scaffolding for students to build knowledge. This study uses a theory elaboration approach to develop the Multidimensional Model of the One-Minute Paper. The model is conce... Read More about The multidimensional model of the one-minute paper: Advancing theory through theoretical elaboration.

Weighting for employer non-response in ASHE (2022)
Working Paper
Stokes, L., Forth, J., Ritchie, F., Singleton, C., Phan, V., Bryson, A., …McKenzie, A. Weighting for employer non-response in ASHE

The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) is based on a 1% sample of employee jobs and provides many of the UK’s official earnings statistics. Weights are provided with the core dataset, which adjust the profile of the annual achieved sample suc... Read More about Weighting for employer non-response in ASHE.

Accounting for firms in ethnicity wage gaps throughout the earnings distribution (2022)
Working Paper
Phan, V., Singleton, C., Bryson, A., Forth, J., Ritchie, F., Stokes, L., & Whittard, D. (2022). Accounting for firms in ethnicity wage gaps throughout the earnings distribution

Ethnicity wage gaps in Great Britain are large and have persisted over time. Previous studies of these gaps have been almost exclusively confined to analyses of household data, so they could not account for the role played by individual employers, de... Read More about Accounting for firms in ethnicity wage gaps throughout the earnings distribution.

Longitudinal attrition in ASHE (2022)
Working Paper
Forth, J., Phan, V., Stokes, L., Bryson, A., Ritchie, F., Whittard, D., & Singleton, C. Longitudinal attrition in ASHE

The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) provides many of the UK’s official earnings statistics. The survey operates on an annual 1% sample of employee jobs. However, the method of sampling - based on the final two digits of an employee’s Natio... Read More about Longitudinal attrition in ASHE.

Using the ‘five safes’ to structure economic evaluations of data governance (2022)
Working Paper
Ritchie, F., & Whittard, D. Using the ‘five safes’ to structure economic evaluations of data governance

The ‘five safes’ is a popular data governance framework. It is used to design and critique data management strategies across the world, and has also been used as a performance framework to measure the effectiveness of data access operations. We repor... Read More about Using the ‘five safes’ to structure economic evaluations of data governance.

Measuring the value of data governance in agricultural investments: A case study (2022)
Journal Article
Whittard, D., Ritchie, F., Rose, M., & Musker, R. (2022). Measuring the value of data governance in agricultural investments: A case study. Experimental Agriculture, 58, Article e8. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0014479721000314

Summary The study at hand measures the value of improving data governance and access in the Supporting Soil Health Interventions (SSHI) project in Ethiopia. We applied two separate but interlinked models, one qualitative and one quantitative, to crea... Read More about Measuring the value of data governance in agricultural investments: A case study.

Exploring the workplace location problem in the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (2022)
Working Paper
Whittard, D., Ritchie, F., Phan, V., Forth, J., Bryson, A., Stokes, L., …McKenzie, A. Exploring the workplace location problem in the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings

The Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) is an important source of longitudinal linked employer-employee payroll earnings data for Britain. It provides accurate information on employees’ hours and earnings and information on the location of em... Read More about Exploring the workplace location problem in the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Measuring the value of improving data governance and access in Gates Foundation programme: A case study of the Supporting Soil Health Interventions in Ethiopia projects (2021)
Journal Article
Whittard, D., Ritchie, F., & Nyengani, J. (2021). Measuring the value of improving data governance and access in Gates Foundation programme: A case study of the Supporting Soil Health Interventions in Ethiopia projects. Gates Open Research, 5, Article 97. https://doi.org/10.21955/gatesopenres.1116786.1

The Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI) and the Open Data Institute (ODI) commissioned a team of economists to measure the value of improving data governance and access in the Supporting Soil Health Interventions in Ethiopia (S... Read More about Measuring the value of improving data governance and access in Gates Foundation programme: A case study of the Supporting Soil Health Interventions in Ethiopia projects.

Process and economic evaluation of the ODI R&D programme: Final report (2021)
Report
Alves, K., Tava, F., Whittard, D., Green, E., Beata Kreft, M., & Ritchie, F. (2021). Process and economic evaluation of the ODI R&D programme: Final report. London: Open Data Institute

The Open Data Institute was funded by Innovate UK to undertake a major programme of Research and Development on "Data Innovation for the UK", which was re-scoped and funded on a yearly basis for a total of 4 years (called, for short, "The R&D program... Read More about Process and economic evaluation of the ODI R&D programme: Final report.

Using ASHE to examine trends in low pay: Initial exploration of the data (2020)
Report
Bryson, A., Phan, V., Stokes, L., Ritchie, F., Forth, J., McKenzie, A., & Whittard, D. (in press). Using ASHE to examine trends in low pay: Initial exploration of the data. Bristol: Low Pay Commission

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 i... Read More about Using ASHE to examine trends in low pay: Initial exploration of the data.

Exploiting different ways at looking at data (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Whittard, D., & McKenzie, A. (2020, September). Exploiting different ways at looking at data. Presented at 5th Data for Policy Conference 2020

Re-thinking the indices of multiple deprivation (for England): A review and exploration of alternative/complementary area-based indicator systems (2018)
Report
Smith, I., Green, E., Whittard, D., & Ritchie, F. (2018). Re-thinking the indices of multiple deprivation (for England): A review and exploration of alternative/complementary area-based indicator systems. London: Power to Change

Power to Change was established by the Big Lottery as an organisation whose mission is to fund community businesses and through such investment make an impact on the most disadvantaged places in England. Through setting its mission to target the most... Read More about Re-thinking the indices of multiple deprivation (for England): A review and exploration of alternative/complementary area-based indicator systems.

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.

Reflections on the one-minute paper (2015)
Journal Article
Whittard, D. (2015). Reflections on the one-minute paper. International Review of Economics Education, 20, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iree.2015.06.002

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This paper captures the perceptions of both a new academic and his students on the use of the one-minute paper (OMP). Much of the originality of this paper derives from the multi-layered qualitative approach... Read More about Reflections on the one-minute paper.

Understanding official data sources: Final report for the low pay commission (2014)
Report
Ritchie, F., Whittard, D., & Dawson, C. (2014). Understanding official data sources: Final report for the low pay commission

The paper is split into three main sections: a review of existing data sources; an analysis of characteristics of the main reference datasets used for the production of research and official statistics; and an investigation into the imputation code u... Read More about Understanding official data sources: Final report for the low pay commission.

The UK’s external balance sheet – The international investment position (2012)
Journal Article
Whittard, D. (2012). The UK’s external balance sheet – The international investment position

The paper describes the path of the UK's international investment position (IIP) with the rest of the world. The paper shows that both UK assets and liabilities grew considerably during the past decade. Liabilities always outstripped assets during th... Read More about The UK’s external balance sheet – The international investment position.

United Kingdom balance of payments: The pink book 2011 edition (2012)
Book
Whittard, D., & Edwards, M. (2012). D. Whittard (Ed.), United Kingdom balance of payments: The pink book 2011 edition. Palgrave

The annual Office for National Statistics (ONS) Pink Book contains estimates of the balance of payments of the United Kingdom. The presentation of the accounts is based on the IMF Balance of Payments Manual 5th edition (BPM5).

The UK's international investment position (2010)
Journal Article
Whittard, D., & Khan, J. (2010). The UK's international investment position. Economic and Labour Market Review, 4(6), 25-34. https://doi.org/10.1057/elmr.2010.79

This paper describes the path of the UK's net asset position with the rest of the world. Notwithstanding that the UK has run a substantial current account deficit for over a quarter of a century, at the beginning of 2009 the net asset position was no... Read More about The UK's international investment position.

Chapter 7: Financial account and chapter 8: International investment position (2010)
Book Chapter
Whittard, D., Bundey, J., & Edwards, M. (2010). Chapter 7: Financial account and chapter 8: International investment position. In J. Bundey, & M. Edwards (Eds.), United Kingdom Balance of Payments: The Pink Book 2010 Edition. GB: Palgrave Macmillan

The annual Office for National Statistics (ONS) Pink Book contains estimates of the balance of payments of the United Kingdom. The presentation of the accounts is based on the IMF Balance of Payments Manual 5th edition (BPM5).

Testing an extended R&D survey: Interviews with firms on innovation investment and depreciation (2009)
Journal Article
Whittard, D., Stam, P., Franklin, M., & Clayton, T. (2009). Testing an extended R&D survey: Interviews with firms on innovation investment and depreciation

A recommendation from the revision of the System of National Accounts (SNA) 1993 is to include R&D as an intangible fixed asset. This reflects the increasing role of knowledge in the economy. The definition of an asset within the National Accounts is... Read More about Testing an extended R&D survey: Interviews with firms on innovation investment and depreciation.

Chapter 4: Income and Chapter 7: Financial account (2009)
Book Chapter
Vere, D., & Whittard, D. (2009). Chapter 4: Income and Chapter 7: Financial account. In D. Vere (Ed.), United Kingdom Balance of Payments: The Pink Book 2009. GB: Palgrave Macmillan

The annual Office for National Statistics (ONS) Pink Book contains estimates of the balance of payments of the United Kingdom. The presentation of the accounts is based on the IMF Balance of Payments Manual 5th edition (BPM5).

How similar are ONS’s monthly and annual business inquiries? (2008)
Journal Article
Whittard, D., & Robjohns, J. (2008). How similar are ONS’s monthly and annual business inquiries?. Economic and Labour Market Review, 2(12), 43-51. https://doi.org/10.1057/elmr.2008.186

This article supports the Office for National Statistics’ monthly and annual surveys reconciliation programme. It presents an analysis of the coherence of business survey returns between the Monthly Inquiry into the Distribution and Service Sector... Read More about How similar are ONS’s monthly and annual business inquiries?.

The preliminary R&D satellite account: A sensitivity analysis (2008)
Journal Article
Whittard, D., Evans, P., & Hatcher, M. (2008). The preliminary R&D satellite account: A sensitivity analysis. Economic and Labour Market Review, 2, 37-43. https://doi.org/10.1057/elmr.2008.138

This article builds on previous work in Economic & Labour Market Review which treated expenditure on research and development as investment in an intangible scientific asset, in line with proposed revisions to the System of National Accounts (SNA).... Read More about The preliminary R&D satellite account: A sensitivity analysis.

The preliminary R&D satellite account for the UK: A sensitivity analysis (2008)
Journal Article
Whittard, D., Evans, P., & Hatcher, M. (2008). The preliminary R&D satellite account for the
UK: A sensitivity analysis. Economic and Labour Market Review,

This article builds on previous work in Economic & Labour Market Review which treated expenditure on research and development as investment in an intangible scientific c asset, in line with proposed revisions to the System of National Accounts (SNA).... Read More about The preliminary R&D satellite account for the UK: A sensitivity analysis.

The UK research and development satellite account: A preliminary analysis (2008)
Presentation / Conference
A preliminary analysis. Presented at 30th General Conference of the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, Slovenia

This paper presents preliminary analysis treating the consumption of research and experimental development (R&D) as investment in an intangible scientific asset, in line with proposed revisions to the United Nations System of National Accounts. The p... Read More about The UK research and development satellite account: A preliminary analysis.

South West: The economy (2007)
Book Chapter
Whittard, D. (2007). South West: The economy. In N. Chase (Ed.), State of the South West 2007. South West Observatory

The State of the South West is a comprehensive review of the South West of England's economic, social, environmental and cultural life. It describes the current position and trends and, without making policy recommendations, helps set an informed c... Read More about South West: The economy.

South west regional economic profile (2006)
Journal Article
Whittard, D., & McCaig, A. (2006). South west regional economic profile

This ‘profile’ aims to provide a succinct analysis of South West England’s economy in a way that can be related to the objectives and priorities set out in the South West Regional Economic Strategy. It is written to inform all South West England part... Read More about South west regional economic profile.

An econometric study of the West of England LEP priority sectors
Report
Whittard, D., Webber, D. J., & Jump, N. F. (2014). An econometric study of the West of England LEP priority sectors

This research has explained some of the differences in economic performance between the West of England (WoE) and its constituent parts (places and sectors) and national ‘control’ averages and other sub-regional areas. Part of the explanation wh... Read More about An econometric study of the West of England LEP priority sectors.