Pilot Test for Labour Market Re-Design

Eurostat are introducing a new framework regulation for social statistics, (IESS- Integrated European Social Statistics) in January 2021 which will require changes to the existing UK Labour Force Survey questionnaire in order to become compliant. The Project is a dedicated split-sample pilot test to assess the effect of the EU-required questionnaire changes on UK employment/unemployment time series before the implementation of the revised EU regulation. This information is required prior to the transition to the ne...