Skills and Employment Survey 2023: Continuity and Change

SES2023将是35年来对工人进行的一系列调查中的第八次。经济合作与发展组织（OECD）表示，“有强有力的政策需要更好地衡量工作质量”，以改善工人的福祉，提高生产率和竞争力，并促进社会福利。英国政府更进一步，同意“每年报告英国经济的工作质量，并对自己负责”。然而，有关就业质量的官方数据仍然很少。为了填补这一空白，由卡内基信托基金会/RSA组建的一个小组建议在劳动力调查中增加32个新问题。然而，在回答中只增加了职业发展和员工参与决策两个问题。这对挑战的规模提供了一个不充分的回应，使人们难以描绘出当今英国工作生活的质量。此外，与德国、法国、意大利、芬兰和美国等国家相比，英国在这一领域的数据基础设施尤其薄弱，而德国、法国、意大利、芬兰和美国等国家在监测工作质量方面的资源更充足。英国退出欧盟也意味着，欧洲调查的数据将无法填补这一缺口。鉴于最近社会和政策的变化，英国越来越需要了解工作世界是如何变化的，而这样做的证据基础却越来越薄弱。迫切需要扩大SES系列，以弥补这一差距，提供满足用户需要的数据，并为这一领域的研究奠定长期基础。它还将解决ESRC的战略研究目标，如与英国政策议程的联系，并确保数据收集具有弹性和响应变化。2023年的调查将从20-65岁的员工中面对面收集数据，并从参加在线/电话调查的年龄相近的员工中收集数据。受访者将从随机创建的样本中抽取。比较将在两个样本之间进行，以确定访谈模式对给出的回答的影响程度。该调查将收集约4300名员工的数据，其中2835人将接受面对面采访，约1500人将通过网络或电话参与调查，如果他们不能上网的话。这项建议得到了教育部和咨询、调解和仲裁处的财政支持。它还得到了17个利益攸关方的支持。这些机构包括英国就业和养老金部、英国商业、能源和工业战略部、英国国家统计局、英国工会大会以及英国特许人事与发展协会。此外，威尔士政府和北爱尔兰经济部热衷于探索为其地理区域提供资金。

SES2023 will be the eighth in a series of surveys of workers stretching back over 35 years. The OECD has stated that 'there is a strong policy need for better measures of job quality' to improve workers' well-being, increase productivity and competitiveness, and boost societal welfare. The UK government has gone further by agreeing to 'report annually on the quality of work in the UK economy and hold ourselves to account'. Yet, official data on job quality remains thin on the ground. To help plug this gap, a group set-up by the Carnegie Trust/RSA suggested that 32 new questions be added to the Labour Force Survey. However, in response, only two questions on career progression and employee involvement in decision-making have been added. This provides an inadequate response to the scale of the challenge and makes it difficult to paint a picture of the quality of working life in Britain today. Furthermore, the UK's data infrastructure in this area is particularly weak in comparison with countries where monitoring job quality is better resourced, such as Germany, France, Italy, Finland and the US. The withdrawal of the UK from the EU also means data from European surveys will not be available to plug the gap.Given recent societal and policy changes, the UK faces an increased need to know how the world of work has changed combined with a weakening evidence base on which to do so. There is an urgent need for the SES series to be extended to address this gap, provide data to meet user needs and secure the long-term foundation for research in this area. It will also address ESRC strategic research objectives, such as connecting with the UK policy agenda, and ensuring that data collection is resilient and responsive to change.The 2023 survey will collect data face-to-face from workers aged 20-65 as well as from similar aged workers who take part in an online/telephone version of the same survey. Respondents will be drawn from randomly created samples. Comparisons will be made between the two samples to determine the extent to which the mode of interview influences the responses given. The survey will collect data from around 4,300 workers, 2,835 of whom will be interviewed face-to-face and around 1,500 will take part online or on the phone if they do not have internet access.The proposal has the financial support of the Department for Education, and the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service. It also has the support of 17 stakeholders. These include the Department for Work and Pensions, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Office for National Statistics, the Trades Union Congress, and the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. Furthermore, the Welsh Government and the Northern Ireland Department for the Economy are keen to explore funding boosts for their geographical areas.