Professor of Economic Evaluation at the University of Westminster. Empirical labour market research.

Using administrative data to improve labour market statistics

[ employment-and-welfare  duration-analysis  modelling-and-descriptives  ]

This project aims explores the opportunities offered by HMRC tax data to achieve a fuller understanding of labour market flows and earnings mobility. It uses four years of records collected under the Pay As You Earn Real Time Information system, covering the entire employee population of the UK from 2013/14 - 2017/18. Administrative data offer the potential to examine individuals’ employment and earnings transitions over extended periods of time and for small population subgroups. We use this to produce novel statistics and to estimate an econometric model of labour market transitions.

Outputs

Dorsett, R. and Hug, J. (2022) Using UK Tax Records to Produce New Statistics on Labour Market Transitions Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence DP 2022-10

Funder

Office for National Statistics