Explains how this has become ONS's solution to providing access to sensitive microdata while maintaining its confidentiality and securityThis article explains how the Virtual Microdata Laboratory (VML) has become the Office for National Statistics' solution to providing access to sensitive...

Demonstrates the importance of timimg in the measurement of low pay, particularly when the survey period and National Minimum Wage changes do not coincide.Recently the Labour Force Survey (LFS) has moved from reporting on a seasonal to calendar quarter basis. This article uses data on both bases...

Draws together the various sources of earnings aggregates to investigate similarities and inconsistencies and to improve understanding of this data. UK earnings data are collected through many different channels and summarised using different methods. Hence, the stories told by aggregate figures...

Describes a project to link and study ASHE and the LFS, examining differences between earnings and hours information collected.This article describes a project to link and study the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings and Labour Force Survey. Thisinvestigation looked at the differences between...