Earnings Symposium 2025
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Earnings Symposium 2025

Symposium exploring the latest developments, methodologies, and applications relating to ONS earnings data and earnings statistics.

By The Office for National Statistics

Date and time

Tuesday, April 29 · 10am - 3:30pm GMT+1

Location

10 Union Street, London, SE1 1SZ

10 Union Street London SE1 1SZ United Kingdom

Agenda

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Registration and refreshments

10:00 AM - 10:10 AM

Welcome and Introduction

David Freeman, Deputy Director of Labour Market and Households Division, Office for National Statistics

10:10 AM - 11:10 AM

Earnings data at the Office for National Statistics (ONS): overview and plans

10:10 AM - 10:30 AM

Average Weekly Earnings (AWE)

Presenter - Nicola White, Head of Average Weekly Earnings (AWE) Outputs and Development, Office for National Statistics

10:30 AM - 10:50 AM

Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE)

Presenter - Lualhati Santiago, Head of Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) Outputs and Development, Office for National Statistics

10:50 AM - 11:10 AM

PAYE Real Time Information (RTI)

Presenter - Tom Evans, Assistant Deputy Director, Office for National Statistics

11:10 AM - 11:15 AM

Session wrap-up

11:15 AM - 11:35 AM

Break and refreshments

11:35 AM - 12:35 PM

The WED datasets: overview and analysis

11:35 AM - 11:55 AM

Wage and Employment Dynamics (WED)

Presentation - Working Towards an Environmentally Sustainable and Equitable Future? Damian Whittard, Associate Professor in Economics, University of the West of England

11:55 AM - 12:15 PM

ASHE/Census – The Disability Pay Gap: Exploring the Role of the Firm

Presenter - Melanie Jones, Professor in Economics, Cardiff University

12:15 PM - 12:35 PM

ASHE/ HMRC Self-Assessment

Presentation - Uncovering the Influencing Factors of Multiple Employment Using ASHE and HMRC Data. Darja Reuschke, Associate Professor, The Department of Strategy and International Business, Univers...

12:35 PM - 12:40 PM

Session wrap-up

12:40 PM - 1:25 PM

Lunch

1:25 PM - 2:40 PM

Applications of the data (session 1)

1:25 PM - 1:50 PM

Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE)/ Monthly Wages and Salary Survey

Presentation title - The Role of Earnings Data in Recommending the National Living Wage . Presenter - Tim Butcher, Low Pay Commission (LPC)

1:50 PM - 2:15 PM

Average Weekly Earnings (AWE)

Presentation title - Wage Growth: Insights from UK Firm-Level Microdata. Presenter - Josh Martin, Advisor, Bank of England

2:15 PM - 2:40 PM

Real Time Information (RTI)

Presentation title - Earnings Volatility in the UK Using High Frequency Payslip Data. Presenter - Nye Cominetti, Principal Economist, Resolution Foundation

2:40 PM - 2:45 PM

Session wrap-up

2:45 PM - 2:55 PM

Break and refreshments

2:55 PM - 3:35 PM

Applications of the data (session 2)

2:55 PM - 3:15 PM

Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO)

Presentation title - Unpacking Spatial Earnings Disparities in the UK. Presenter - Richmond Egyei, Research Fellow in Urban and Labour Economics, University of Sheffield and ESCoE

3:15 PM - 3:35 PM

Real Time Information (RTI)

Presentation title - The Impact of Health Interventions on Employment and Earnings. Presenter - Charlotte Bermingham, Senior Research Officer, Office for National Statistics

3:35 PM - 3:40 PM

Session wrap-up

3:40 PM - 3:50 PM

Final comment and closing

David Freeman, Deputy Director of Labour Market and Households Division, Office for National Statistics

3:50 PM - 4:30 PM

Networking

About this event

  • Event lasts 5 hours 30 minutes

Please note this event is being run in an hybrid format.

The Office for National Statistics (ONS), the Wage and Employment Dynamics project (WED) and Administrative Data Research (ADR) UK will run the inaugural Earnings Symposium in collaboration with ESCoE.

The symposium is dedicated to exploring the latest developments, methodologies, and applications relating to ONS earnings data and earnings statistics.

The symposium will include presentations from the ONS and WED teams, outlining developments with key earnings datasets.

The event will also include a series of invited papers on the following topics

  • New findings or insights using earnings data.
  • Data and methodological advancements.
  • Coherence between earnings data sources.
  • Applications of linked earnings datasets in policymaking.
  • Case studies demonstrating the value of earnings research.
  • Future opportunities and challenges in earnings research and statistics.

Who the event is for

This event aims to bring together experts, researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to share insights, foster collaborations, and discuss the future of labour market statistics and research.

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