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A Researcher’s Guide to the Labour Force Survey: Its Evolution and the Choice of Public Use versus Master Files

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To balance researchers’ need for detailed information with respondents’ confidentiality concerns, statistical agencies such as Statistics Canada commonly offer two versions of the same dataset: a public use file that is readily available and a master file with richer information but to which access is restricted. This article examines the choice of using public use versus master files of the Labour Force Survey (LFS). The article also provides researchers with a unified source of LFS information, including a thorough discussion of the structure of the LFS and its implication for research, such as the creation of mini-panels.

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  • Pierre Brochu, 2021. "A Researcher’s Guide to the Labour Force Survey: Its Evolution and the Choice of Public Use versus Master Files," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 47(3), pages 335-357, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:cpp:issued:v:47:y:2021:i:3:p:335-357
    DOI: 10.3138/cpp.2020-046
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    Cited by:

    1. Pierre Brochu & David A. Green & James Townsend & Thomas Lemieux, 2023. "The minimum wages, turnover, and the shape of the wage distribution," IFS Working Papers W23/32, Institute for Fiscal Studies.
    2. Lluis, Stephanie & McCall, Brian, 2022. "Spousal labour supply adjustments to extended benefits weeks: Evidence from Canada," CLEF Working Paper Series 42, Canadian Labour Economics Forum (CLEF), University of Waterloo.
    3. Lalé, Etienne, 2024. "Assessing Labor Market Conditions in Canada with Public-Use Microdata," IZA Discussion Papers 16722, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    4. Pierre Brochu & Jonathan Créchet, 2021. "Survey Non-response in Covid-19 Times: The Case of the Labour Force Survey," Working Papers 2109E, University of Ottawa, Department of Economics.
    5. Stephen R.G. Jones & Fabian Lange & W. Craig Riddell & Casey Warman, 2023. "The great Canadian recovery: The impact of COVID‐19 on Canada's labour market," Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 56(3), pages 791-838, August.

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