New York SBDC Research Network

The Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD) program is part of the  Center for Economic Studies  at the  U.S. Census Bureau . The  LEHD program  produces new, cost effective, public-use information combining federal, state and Census Bureau data on employers and employees under the  Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Partnership . State and local authorities increasingly need detailed local information about their economies to make informed decisions. The LED Partnership works to fill critical data gaps and provide indicators needed by state and local authorities. Under the LED Partnership, states agree to share Unemployment Insurance earnings data and the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) data with the Census Bureau. The LEHD program combines these administrative data, additional administrative data and data from censuses and surveys. From these data, the program creates statistics on employment, earnings, and job flows at detailed levels of geography and industr