Building a clearer picture of the labour market by integrating survey and administrative data - Office for National Statistics

Understanding what is happening in the labour market has become more challenging as different data sources have provided different signals about how the labour market is evolving. Today we are publishing early findings from research, which explores whether Pay As You Earn (PAYE) Real Time Information (RTI) administrative data can help us better understand potential non-response bias in the Labour Force Survey (LFS) . The findings provide important new evidence, but further work is needed before we can assess whether and how these methods should be used in official statistics.