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Can a change in attitudes improve effective access to administrative data for research?

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  • Felix Ritchie

    (University of the West of England, Bristol)

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The re-use of administrative data for social research holds great potential. From a privacy perspective, administrative data present some additional challenges, including lack of consent, existence of matching databases, and the association with data breaches by administrative staff. Access to government data for research is currently undergoing a slow, small but significant transformation from the defensive strategies of the past. A key driver of this is attitudinal change; the new approach is characterised as evidence-based default-open, risk-managed, user-centred decision-making, and offers more security at lower cost with greater researcher value. Despite its apparent superiority, this approach is still a minority position. It fundamentally challenges the way decisions are made in the public sector, at an individual and institutional level, as well as making risks more explicit. The effective re-use of administrative data may then depend upon the degree to which attitudes to decision-making in the public sector can be changed.

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  • Felix Ritchie, 2016. "Can a change in attitudes improve effective access to administrative data for research?," Working Papers 20161607, Department of Accounting, Economics and Finance, Bristol Business School, University of the West of England, Bristol.
    • Handle: RePEc:uwe:wpaper:20161607
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    1. Ritchie, Felix, 2017. "Spontaneous recognition: an unnecessary control on data access?," Statistics Paper Series 24, European Central Bank.

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    Keywords

    administrative data; confidentiality; data access; evidence-based decision-making; risk;
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    JEL classification:

    • H11 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Structure and Scope of Government
    • M19 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Other

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