The July Economic & Labour Market Review (ELMR) was released on 13th July. It includes eight articles on a variety of topics:
Characteristics of the underemployed and overemployed in the UK
Uses the Labour Force Survey to examine levels between 2001 and 2010 including the impact of the recession.
Explaining the difference between unemployment and the claimant count
Examines why the two measures differ and presents analysis of the groups of people that make up the gap.
The changing face of public sector employment 1999-2009
Looks at the numbers and characteristics of those employed in the public sector compared to the private sector.
The effects of taxes and benefits on household income, 2008/09
Annual analysis that provides estimates of household incomes including average amounts of taxes paid and benefits received.
SOC2010: revision of the Standard Occupational Classification
Outlines the major areas of change and the impact on national employment by occupation.
Measures of economic activity and their implications for societal well-being
Explains how alternative measures to GDP are calculated and the additional insights they offer for understanding well–being.
Measuring investment in intangible assets in the UK: results from a new survey
Presents results of the Investment in Intangible Asset (IIA) Survey. Aimed at measuring investment of firms in: employer funded training, software, research and development (R&D), reputation and branding, design, and business process improvement.
Developments in Services Producer Price Indices
Focuses on the development of price statistics in the service sector and the current plans for expanding the coverage of these indices.
Two other non-journal articles were also released:
Wider Measures of Public Sector Debt
This discusses UK public sector assets, liabilities and obligations and developments in reporting these.
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/article.asp?ID=2463
A Generational Accounts Approach to Long Term Public Finance in the UK
A description of what generational accounts are and how they might provide indications of the sustainability of fiscal policy. Generational accounts can be used to examine whether future generations may have to pay a higher tax rate than current generations if current polices on spending by government are maintained.
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/article.asp?ID=2473
