ESDS Government

LFS developments for macroeconomic analysis: Barry Werner and Ian Knight

Possibility of LFS record linkage to IDBR for accurate industry and workplace classification, possibility of LFS linkage to DWP working age benefit records, sample expansion to cover institutional population, re-engineering of systems to produce revised series and databases one month after publication of each year's mid year population estimates.

Discussion

LFS developments for local area analysis: Nick Maine and Ian Knight

Including expansion of annual local area samples and data available from annual local LFS databases.

Discussion

LFS longitudinal data: Catherine Barham and Paul Smith

Methodological issues - response bias, wave attrition etc; use of data for comparisons of gross flows over time, future impact of new LFS weighting system.

Measuring ethnicity in the LFS: Vivienne Avery, ONS

This will cover the compatibility of the 2001 classifications with the old implications for analysis over time and the new Annual Population Survey starting in January 2004, which replaces the old Local LFS and which will be a key source of ethnicity data both nationally and locally.

Disability and the National Minimum Wage: a special case?: Tania Burchardt and Abigail McKnight, CASE, LSE

A panel of regional indicators of labour market flexibility: the UK 1979-1998: Vassilis Monastiriotis, Department of Geography and Environment, LSE

Give that to the temp: differences between permanent and temporary workers as determined by the LFS: David Biggs, School of Health and Social Sciences, University of Gloucestershire

Discussion of what future meetings would be of value and other views on the role of the Economic and Social Data Service