Chaos in employment statistics: What's going on with the Labour Force Survey?
Update: 2025-08-22
Description
Participants
Dr Hannah Randolph - Fellow at the Fraser of Allander Institute
Allison Catalano - Fellow at the Fraser of Allander Institute and the Scottish Health Equity Research Unit (SHERU)
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(00:06 ) Introduction
(01:20 ) What is the LFS and what are the issues it's been having?
(6:57 ) Alternative data sources for understanding the labour market
(18:23 ) Misunderstandings around what's happened in the post-pandemic labour market
(19:39 ) ONS changes to improve the quality of the LFS
(23:40 ) How poor employment statistics may impact local decision-making
(27:49 ) Information about FAI 50th anniversary conference
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