Immigration Stocks and Flows, APS and Electoral Register Data

Augustin de Coulon, Richmond Egyei and Jonathan Wadsworth

Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE) Discussion Papers from Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE)

Abstract: The UK relies on survey data (the APS) to produce estimates of its local area immigrant populations at higher frequencies than generated by the decennial Census. All sample surveys come with some level of uncertainty attached to their estimates which can be particularly acute at local area level where sample populations are smaller. We therefore explore whether the local area population counts of immigrants contained in the electoral 'register' (ER) could help improve the accuracy and reliability of published local area migration statistics.

Keywords: immigration; measurement; electoral register (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C81 C83 F22 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-07
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