Wage and Employment Dynamics - Phase 2 (HMRC)
Lead Research Organisation:
University of the West of England
Department Name: Faculty of Business and Law
Abstract
The project links data from ONS surveys, education systems, and the tax and benefit systems to provide insights into the dynamics of earnings and employment, integrating data across individuals, years, jobs, income sources and employers. The research produced from this will be of direct interest to policy makers across government. Equally importantly, the project aims to creates the basis for a sustainable, documented 'wage and employment spine' with the potential to fundamentally transform research and policy analysis across a vast range of topics. Public benefit will be maximised by high-quality metadata and training for users.
Publications
Felix Ritchie
(2023)
HMRC Self assessment variable list
Felix Ritchie
(2023)
HMRC PAYE Variable list
Felix Ritchie
(2023)
HMRC PAYE & SA data Quick guide for users
Forth J
(2023)
How common is low pay in Britain? New findings from linked data
in International Journal of Population Data Science
Marco Fongoni
(2023)
When are wages cut? The roles of incomplete contracts and employee involvement
Schaefer D
(2023)
The extent of downward nominal wage rigidity: New evidence from payroll data
in Review of Economic Dynamics
Van Phan
(2023)
Can we identify students in ASHE?
| Description | ADR UK research fellowships 2022 |
| Amount | £113,590 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/Y001184/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2023 |
| End | 02/2025 |
| Description | Future Data Services Senior Strategic Fellowship |
| Amount | £73,200 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/X001288/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2022 |
| End | 05/2024 |
| Description | The Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence |
| Amount | £74,913 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Office for National Statistics |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2024 |
| End | 03/2025 |
| Description | Wage and Employment Dynamics - Phase 3 (WED3) |
| Amount | £236,265 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/X000516/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2022 |
| End | 03/2024 |
| Description | Low Pay Commission |
| Organisation | Low Pay Commission |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | We are working to support LPC researchers. |
| Collaborator Contribution | LPC have made an in-kind contribution of dedicating research time to the WED project. |
| Impact | Project has just started, so no outputs to report at this stage. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | ADR UK Linkage Steering Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The ADR UK Linkage Steering group considers ways to help deliver the strategic objectives of ADR UK's research strategy - we report progress in relation to all three WED projects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Academic Stakeholder Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A group of seven academics who contribute to governance and setting strategy for the WED project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | http://www.wagedynamics.com |
| Description | Academic, government and Public Stakeholder Group Meetings |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Academic, government and public stakeholder meeting to discuss getting the most out of WED 1 data, how to move forward with WED 2 & 3 data, and a discussion of engagement activities. These included around 15 members for the academic and governmental joint group in January, while the others reached around 10 per session. Public SH meetings were held as group sessions in 2023, reach around 10 individuals, however in 2024, these meetings have been a series of one-on-one meetings which are ongoing. There were SH meetings in March and September 2023, and January 2024. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023,2024 |
| URL | http://www.wagedynamics.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/DW_Jan_2024.pptx |
| Description | COPE Presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented "The impact of a rising wage floor on labour mobility across firms" at the Colloquium on Personnel Economics Conference, Zürich (16th February 2024) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | http://www.wagedynamics.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/forthetal_cope_feb2024.pdf |
| Description | Data Research, Access and Governance Network research Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Introduced the work of the WED programme to the DRAGoN research Group at UWE |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Government Stakeholder Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Representatives from nine government/policy departments (i.e. Bank of England, DWP, DfE, BEIS, HM Treasury, Government Equalities Office, Low Pay Commission, ONS and Welsh Government |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | http://www.wagedynamics.com |
| Description | HMRC Expert User Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A panel of six expert users from different academic institutions who were providing support and advice in developing the WED datasets. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | HMRC User Group Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | We ran a workshop in January 2023 for researchers who engage with HMRC data to develop research ideas and a direction for the WED2 HMRC dataset |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | HMRC user workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Workshop to identify policy needs and potential research projects with HMRC stakeholders and policy makers. Research priorities discussed and additional SH invited in. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Institute of Fiscal Studies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | IFS hosted a WED event to explore ways in which the WED datasets could inform the work of the IFS. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Interview with Lucy Stokes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | In our third instalment of our Talking Heads series, we spoke to Lucy Stokes (NIESR) about how the WED project has developed over her time working with the team, and about her hopes for the future of the project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.wagedynamics.com/2023/12/20/talking-heads-with-lucy-stokes/ |
| Description | Joseph Rowntree Foundation Funding Call |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Following exploratory discussions, JRF presented at two WED workshops which were set up to promote the use of the WED datasets. they focussed on the WED 2 datasets, as it allowed researchers to focus on within year income volatility. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Low Pay Commission - 9th Symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | We presented a paper at the LPC 9th Symposium - The Distribution of Ethnic Pay Gaps Among men in England and Wales: The Role of the Firm |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | http://www.wagedynamics.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/WED-presentation-to-LPC-2-September-2021-v4.p... |
| Description | Low Pay Commission - Research Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | We presented a paper as part of an LPC workshop "How do your wages grow? ASHE Panel analyses 2004 - 2018" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | http://www.wagedynamics.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/WED_LPC_Presentation_April_2022.pdf |
| Description | National Institute of Economic and Social Research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | NIESR hosted an event promoting the WED project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation at the Low Pay Commission Research Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented "Wage progression among minimum-wage workers in Britain, 2004-2021" at the Low Pay Commission Research Workshop and 5th Assisi Workshop in Economics (April 2023) and University of Reading (May 2023) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | http://www.wagedynamics.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/LPC_15May2023.pdf |
| Description | Public Engagement Strategic Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | A group of six organisations to oversee and build trust in the project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | http://www.wagedynamics.com |
| Description | Scottish Economic Society - Conference April 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | We presented two papers at the Scottish Economic Society conference 1. To cut or not to cut? Theory and evidence on the frequency of nominal pay cuts (http://www.wagedynamics.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/SES-WERS_ASHE-Presentation-2022.pdf) 2. The extent of nominal wage rigidity: new evidence from payroll data (http://www.wagedynamics.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/scot_econ_soc_dnwr_slides_2022.pdf) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | http://www.wagedynamics.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/SES-WERS_ASHE-Presentation-2022.pdf |
| Description | WED Research Development Workshop - Bank of England |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Wage and Employment Dynamics (WED) hosted a second in a series of workshops which is bringing together academics and policymakers to explore policy relevant research ideas which could be addressed using the new WED datasets. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.wagedynamics.com/2022/12/14/wed-research-development-workshop-bank-of-england-2nd-decemb... |
| Description | WED Research Development Workshop - University of Sheffield |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The event brought together academics and policymakers to explore policy relevant research ideas which could be addressed using the new WED datasets. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.wagedynamics.com/2022/11/22/wed-research-development-workshop-university-of-sheffield-21... |
| Description | WED Training Event - Understanding and using the WED Code |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Practical training session to inform potential users of the WED dataset how to work with the WED code. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | http://www.wagedynamics.com |
| Description | WED Workshop - University of Sheffield |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A workshop hosted by the University of Sheffield to bring together the academic and policy community to explore how the WED datasets could be used to answer policy questions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | http://www.wagedynamics.com |
| Description | Wage Dynamics Website |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The website is the WED project's main dissemination outlet linking to all outputs and provides the latest updates for visitors. Outputs and deliverables from HMRC research will also be hosted here. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | http://www.wagedynamics.com |
| Description | Wed Workshop - Bank of England |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A workshop hosted by the Bank of England to bring together the academic and policy community to explore how the WED datasets could be used to answer policy questions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | http://www.wagedynamics.com |
| Description | Work Pensions and Labour Economics study Group - 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | We presented 4 papers at the WPEG 2022 conference: o New datasets and findings from the WED project o Should I worry about response/attrition and what can I do about it? o An overview of the ASHE-Census data o Accounting for employers in the distribution of ethnicity wage gaps |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |