HMRC Data Documentation Now Available

The documentation relating to the ASHE-PAYE and ASHE-Self Assessment datasets are now available. These useful guides will help you to navigate and utilize the newest WED datasets effectively. If you’re a researcher who is, or is planning to make use of the ASHE-HMRC linked data, there is lots of information available to you. Click here to find out why the WED Project’s Principle Investigator Damian Whittard is excited about this new linkage, or click here to be inspired by the power of administrative data. And if you haven’t already, join us on the WED Knowledge Hub, our peer-to-peer knowledge sharing community platform, where you can ask questions of your fellow ASHE data users. Click on the panels to view each of the files.

This document introduces the HMRC datasets, and provides useful information such as details of the cleaning and data construction processes.

Here you can find the master metadata excel file relating to both the PAYE and Self Assessment data.

This document describes how the PAYE panel is created.

This document provides a useful guide to understanding HMRC reference numbers,

If you have any questions relating to this documentation, or any other WED related queries, leave a comment below. Alternatively, you can email wagedynamics@uwe.ac.uk.