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Tuesday 16 March 2010

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Paul Bivand

Head of Statistics and Analysis

Paul Bivand

Paul is Head of Statistics and Analysis at Inclusion, with thirty years of experience in employment and skills policy research. He is Chair of the Labour Market Statistics User Group, which operates under the auspices of the Royal Statistical Society.

At Inclusion, Paul leads the analysis of existing survey resources, and where these are inadequate, he manages specialised surveys commissioned by clients. He is an expert at analysing the Labour Force Survey and also has extensive experience of examining longitudinal surveys. Paul manages Inclusion’s complex data analysis requirements and promotes and maintains relationships with appointed fieldwork agencies.

Paul recently managed a significant survey to investigate the impact of further education on employability for the Learning and Skills Council, and was the project manager for Making Work Pay in London, an assignment carried out for the Mayor of London and the London Development Agency. He led a major project, commissioned by a consortium of local authorities and carried out in partnership with the Child Poverty Action Group, to develop a child poverty toolkit. Furthermore, Paul has contributed technical input to several of Inclusion’s projects, assessing the living expenses of homeless families and examining the costs and benefits of formal work for homeless people.

Paul has extensive experience of using statistical packages R and SPSS.

For more information, please contact Paul Bivand.