Comparing the New Earnings Survey (NES) and the Labour Force Survey (LFS): An analysis of the differences between the data sets and their implications for the pattern of geographical pay in the UK

Regional Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 645-665

  Ma, Ada H Y ^a   Roberts, Elizabeth ^b   Elliott, Robert F ^a   Bell, David ^b   Scott, Anthony ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE); Geographical; Labour Force Survey (LFS); New Earnings Survey (NES); Regional; Spatial; Wage differentials

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; REGIONAL PATTERN; WAGE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33747272941     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400600868879     Document Type: Article

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