acknowledgements

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & DISCLAIMERS


This project is generously funded through the Canadian Foundation for Innovation, the Canada Research Chair in the Political Economy of Gender & Work, the Ontario Research Fund, and York University.

The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics In Australia Survey (HILDA)

The Comparative Perspectives on Precarious Employment Database uses unit record data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey. The HILDA project was initiated and is funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services (DSS) and is managed by the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economics and Social Research (Melbourne Institute). The findings and views reported in the conceptual guides, modules, and demonstrations however, are those of the author(s) and should not be attributed to either DSS or the Melbourne Institute.

Canadian Labour Force Survey (CA LFS)

Statistics Canada. Labour Force Survey, February 2011 [Canada] [public-use microdata file]. Ottawa, Ontario: Statistics Canada. Labour Statistics Division, Data Liberation Initiative [producer and distributor]. All computations on these microdata were prepared by researchers of the Comparative Perspectives on Precarious Employment Database. The responsibility for the use and interpretation of these data is entirely that of the author(s).

Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID)

Data for the Comparative Perspectives on Precarious Employment Database are based on Statistics Canada’s Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics Public Use Microdata, 1996-2010, which contains anonymized data collected in the Survey of Income and Labour Dynamics. All computations on these microdata were prepared by researchers of the Comparative Perspectives on Precarious Employment Database. The responsibility for the use and interpretation of these data is entirely that of the authors.

European Union Labour Force Survey (EU LFS)

European Commission, Eurostat. European Union Labour Force Survey, yearly data, 1983-2011. Eurostat has no responsibility for the results and conclusions, which are those of the researchers.

Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (SILC)

European Commission, Eurostat, cross-sectional EU-Survey on Income and Living Conditions (SILC) users’ database 2004-2011. Eurostat has no responsibility for the results and conclusions, which are those of the researchers.

European Community Household Panel (ECHP)

European Commission, Eurostat. European Community Household Panel (ECHP), 1994-2001, ECHP longitudinal users database. Eurostat has no responsibility for the results and conclusions, which are those of the researchers.

Current Population Survey (CPS)

Miriam King, Steven Ruggles, J. Trent Alexander, Sarah Flood, Katie Genadek, Matthew B. Schroeder, Brandon Trampe, and Rebecca Vick. Integrated Public Use Microdata Series, Current Population Survey: Version 3.0 [Machine-readable database]. Minneapolis, MN: Minnesota Population Centre [producer and distributor], 2011.

The Comparative Perspectives on Precarious Employment Database (CPD)

The Comparative Perspectives on Precarious Employment Database (CPD) uses microdata from seven surveys including the Canadian Labour Force Survey and the Survey on Labour and Income Dynamics (Statistics Canada), the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey (Melbourne Institute), the European Union Labour Force Survey, the Survey of Income and Living Conditions, and the European Community and Household Panel Survey (Eurostat), and the Current Population Survey (U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics). These data have been harmonized by the CPD technical team and are intended to help facilitate cross-national comparisons. The CPD is a living database and is continually updated and improved. The responsibility for the use and interpretation of these harmonized data is entirely that of the researcher(s) and/or author(s).