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 Survey of Employment Standards Compliance in Ontario (SESC)

Institute for Social Research, York University. 2012. Toronto, Ontario. [pilot, unpublished microdata]. All computations on these microdata were prepared by researchers of the Employment Standards Database. The responsibility for the use and interpretation of these data is entirely that of the author(s).

Survey of Employment Standards Violations (SESV)

Workers’ Action Centre. 2011. [microdata file]. Toronto, Ontario. All computations on these microdata were prepared by researchers of the Employment Standards Database. The responsibility for the use and interpretation of these data is entirely that of the author(s).

Individuals’ Awareness, Knowledge and Exercise of Employment Rights Survey, 2000 (IAER)

Institute for Employment Studies. 2005. [data collection]. UK data Service. SN: 5082, http://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-5082-1. All computations on these microdata were prepared by researchers of the Employment Standards Database. The responsibility for the use and interpretation of these data is entirely that of the author(s).

Unrepresented Worker Survey, 2001-2004 (UWS)

Employees’ Awareness, Knowledge and Exercise of Employment Rights Survey (EAER)

Institute for Employment Studies. 2006. [data collection]. UK data Service. SN: 5383, http://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-5383-1. All computations on these microdata were prepared by researchers of the Employment Standards Database. The responsibility for the use and interpretation of these data is entirely that of the author(s).

Broken Laws, Unprotected Worker’s Survey (BLUW)

University of Illinois at Chicago. 2008. [data collection]. All computations on these microdata were prepared by researchers of the Employment Standards Database. The responsibility for the use and interpretation of these data is entirely that of the author(s).

Canadian Labour Force Survey (CA LFS)

Statistics Canada. Labour Force Survey, 2012 [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 Employment Standards Database. The responsibility for the use and interpretation of these data is entirely that of the author(s).

General Social Survey, cycle 25 (GSS25)

Statistics Canada. General Social Survey, 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 Employment Standards 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 Employment Standards Database are based on Statistics Canada’s Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics Public Use Microdata, 2011, which contains anonymized data collected in the Survey of Income and Labour Dynamics. All computations on these microdata were prepared by researchers of the Employment Standards Database. The responsibility for the use and interpretation of these data is entirely that of the authors.

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

The Employment Standards 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.

European Union Labour Force Survey (EU LFS)

European Commission, Eurostat. European Union Labour Force Survey, yearly data, 2000; 2004; 2005. 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 Employment Standards Database (ESD)

The Employment Standards Database (ESD) uses microdata from seven small-scale, and six large-scale 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 (Eurostat), and the Current Population Survey (U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics). These data have been harmonized by the ESD technical team and are intended to help facilitate cross-national comparisons. The ESD 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).