Implementation and Results of a New Administrative Record-Linkage Methodology in the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

• Activity Number: 85
• Type: Contributed
• Date/Time: Sunday, July 31, 2016 : 4:00 PM to 5:50 PM
• Sponsor: Government Statistics Section
• Author(s): Jessica Helfand* and Justin McIllece
• Companies: Bureau of Labor Statistics and Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Keywords: Record linkage ; QCEW ; Business Register

Abstract

The Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) uses a statistical matching component for the longitudinal linking of quarterly establishment records. The original proprietary statistical matching element, implemented in 1999, was recently replaced by a BLS created administrative record linking methodology, specifically designed for QCEW data. This paper describes the implementation and result of the new methodology.