Out for the count again? A social scientist's analysis of unemployment statistics in the UK

Paul Gregg ()

No 25, National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) Discussion Papers from National Institute of Economic and Social Research

Abstract: The validity of the unemployment statistics in the UK has been the focus of intense debate in the 1980s concerning mainly whether they were open to politically motivated manipulation. This argument has missed a wider point. Frequent definitional changes and inconsistency between sources of information have led to a paucity of data suitable for social scientific study with its implied costs to our understanding of unemployment in the 1980s. It is hoped that an increasing reliance on survey techniques will overcome many of these problems for the 1990s and the design of the Labour Force Survey should take on board the questions raised by social scientists. Contact NIESR if copy required

Date: 1992-05
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