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Working Futures 2007-2017 – Technical Report

evidence report 2Working Futures finds that despite the current crisis in both the world and the domestic economy, a more optimistic picture is projected for the labour market over the long term to 2017. Employment is projected to continue to rise over the decade as a whole, with the creation of 13.5 million job openings, of which two million will be new.

Working Futures 2007-2017 – Technical Report (PDF, 5.8 Mb) 
Published December 2008

This document provides a technical description of the sources and methods used to generate the set of occupational employment projections presented in Working Futures 2007-2017. These projections have been prepared by the Institute for Employment Research (IER) and Cambridge Econometrics (CE) on behalf of the Learning and Skills Council (LSC). They update those produced in 2005.

This document explains the methodological approach employed to generate the detailed historical employment Database, as well as the models and procedures used to produce the projections. This includes: information about the working assumptions adopted; the limitations of the estimates produced; and comparisons with other projections.