Who works the most, men or women?
Thinking back to filling in the Census form in 2011, there were two questions on that form which generated the most interest in the general public, and the most discussion in the media. One...
Thinking back to filling in the Census form in 2011, there were two questions on that form which generated the most interest in the general public, and the most discussion in the media. One...
Guest blog by Dr Peter Brain, Executive Director of National Economics. (National Institute of Economic and Industry Research) National Economics is the organisation that provides the modelled economic data for the council-level economy.id online...
I was recently asked by one of .id’s clients as to why there was a difference between the employment figures produced by the Census, and those produced by the Dept of Employment, Education and...
After first release of Census, I wrote a blog about the higher quality of the Census data in 2011, compared to 2006. In general this is true, but unfortunately the second release has revealed...
When does creating jobs in the city lead to more jobs in the countryside? We recently introduced an Impact Assessment Model to our economy.id resource for local government. It shows the impact of adding...
In a recent blog we looked at employment self-containment, which is a measure that looks at the proportion of residents who work locally. Self-sufficiency is the opposite side of the coin. It looks at...
One of the most important bits of economic information a council can have is about employment. However there are different ways of measuring employment and it can be confusing figuring out which one...