tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2210395876281973177.post6600942301378824258..comments2023-09-05T02:06:11.217-07:00Comments on Oxford Sociology: UK earnings inequality: the view from ONSColinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03430614811751115687noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2210395876281973177.post-29365580934870357612016-11-24T08:43:27.711-08:002016-11-24T08:43:27.711-08:00My own experience as a former frequent user was th...My own experience as a former frequent user was that post move things just got a damn sight harder to find, Eurostat hard. There was almost a wilfully sadistic aspect to the frequent redesigns.Primula Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09289100326536298640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2210395876281973177.post-1174466733223612092016-11-24T01:57:00.419-08:002016-11-24T01:57:00.419-08:00I think I can shed some light on this, having gain...I think I can shed some light on this, having gained some insight into the weird and wonderful world of government statistics.<br /><br />Apart from the relocation to Newport, which is almost inevitably devastating for such an institution, it seems to me that statistical offices have a preference for technical skills over substantive knowledge about specific issues as the former are more easily transferrable between departments and projects. Sometimes very embarrasing things happen when very technically competent people try to estimate things they don't know the first thing about.<br /><br />Secondly, I suspect that the ONS budget has been squeezed since the onset of the Great Recession, leading to work intensification and leaving people with less time to read up on things and (probably more importantly) less time to double check their work and get colleagues to review it.<br /><br />Not that it excuses anything. I imagine that in terms of resources the ONS is a paradise in comparison to Statistics Iceland, which runs on a skeleton crew.Kolbeinnnoreply@blogger.com