A symposium on Understanding Society, the UK Household Longitudinal Study: introduction

Publication type

Journal Article

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Publication date

December 15, 2023

Summary:

Understanding Society, the UK Household Longitudinal Study began in 2009, and built on and incorporated its predecessor the British Household Panel Survey. It is the largest survey of its kind in the world and provides rich opportunities for economic research and policy analysis. In this introduction to a symposium on Understanding Society, we review the main features of the study, how it is conducted, and evidence on data quality. We also discuss past and potential uses in economic research.

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Fiscal Studies

Volume and page numbers

Volume: 44 , p.317 -340

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-5890.12355

ISSN

1435671

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© 2023 The Authors. Fiscal Studies published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Institute for Fiscal Studies.

This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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