Labour market flows in London

This analysis uses longitudinal data from the Labour Force Survey (LFS) to show the movement, or flow, between employment, unemployment and inactivity from one quarter to the next.

These flows show the underlying movements which sit behind published headline labour market rates which, in contrast, take a snapshot of the Labour Market at a point in time.

Flows are also used to calculate the probability that an individual will change labour market status over the quarter.

Underlying flows are large, over the latest quarter:

• 152,000 people became unemployed in London
  • 61,000 moved from employment to unemployment and
  • 91,000 moved from inactive to unemployed
• 79,000 people moved from unemployment to employment
• 76,000 people moved from inactivity to employment

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