A team of research and academics in the UK were engaged in a vast research project that included 2,800 interviews conducted face-to-face, and an additional 2,650 interviews which were carried out online.
Their goal was to explore how the world of work has changed. The overarching aim of the Skills and Employment Survey 2024 (SES2024) was to collect robust survey data on the skills and employment experiences of people aged 20-65 working in the UK in 2024. SES2024 produced a valuable and unique addition to the social science data resource infrastructure.
As explained, the 2024 data were collected in two ways: just over 2,800 interviews were conducted face-to-face (F2F), while an additional 2,650 interviews were carried out online. Data collected F2F were comparable with those gathered from earlier surveys, allowing researchers to measure how the labour market has changed since 2017. This includes the impact that recent changes – such as Covid-19, Brexit and the cost of living crisis – and long-term trends – such as increasing digitalisation, low and stagnating productivity growth, and an ageing population – are having on the working lives of people living in Britain.
The overall project, led by WISERD, the Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and Data produced a series of short reports available online, the following:
– How Common is Workplace Abuse?
– What is Happening to Participation at Work?
– Has the Tide Turned for Trade Unions?
– What Makes Work Meaningful?
– What Drives AI and Robot Adoption?
– Are Skill Requirements Still Rising?
– Is the Job Quality Gender Gap Narrowing?
– Is the Office Dying?
Full research available here: https://wiserd.ac.uk/project/ses/ses2024/
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