The WED Project’s Annual Review
Join us as we reflect on the past year in the Wage and Employment Dynamics Project. 2024 was full of exciting developments. We joined other experts across the field in…
Earnings Symposium: Call for papers closes Monday 27 January 2025
Together with the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) and Administrative Data Research UK, the Wage and Employment Dynamics Project will run the inaugural Earnings Symposium in collaboration with ESCoE.…
ESRC Southwest Regional Engagement Event
In the new year, the ESRC will host a one-day "World of Work" event, marking the beginning of the Regional Engagement programme, in which the ESRC will showcase their role…
Damian Whittard Presents Ground-Breaking Research on Green Jobs at the International Conference on Sustainability, Environment, and Social Transition in Economics and Finance (SESTEF 2024)
The pursuit of an environmentally sustainable and equitable future has never been more critical. In this context, we are excited to announce that Damian Whittard, Associate Professor - University of…
Data Explained: Exploring the nexus between immigration, integration and labour market outcomes
In the latest ASHE-Census 2011 Data Explained, Dr. Ezgi Kaya summarises experiences and learning from working with the dataset, while producing research exploring the links between immigration, integration, and labour…
What can microdata tell us about labour market and wage dynamics in the Western Gateway Area?
In support of contributing to an evidence base to aid the Labour Government's key mission to promote regional economic growth and the creation of good jobs, a research team from…
The ASHE-PAYE and ASHE-SA datasets are now available in the SRS!
The newest WED datasets which link the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) with the Pay as you Earn (PAYE) and Self Assessment datasets are now available for accredited…
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
This ESCoE Discussion Paper outlines new, updated ASHE weights, which reveal that the impact of the National Living Wage is greater, and progress toward reducing low pay has been faster,…
ASHE-Census 2011 Synthetic Data Now Available!
In March, Lucy Stokes held a training event, which focussed on practical usage of ASHE-Census data. This session utilised a bespoke synthetic ASHE-Census dataset to allow participants to gain familiarity…
Is the Gender Pay Gap in Great Britain Underestimated? Evidence from Addressing the Employer Sample Response Bias in ASHE
The latest WED Project insights suggest that the Gender Pay Gap in Great Britain may have been underestimated by approximately one percentage point for the past two decades. The WED…