TY - JOUR T1 - Using partially synthetic microdata to protect sensitive cells in business statistics JF - Statistical Journal of the International Association for Official Statistics Y1 - 2016 A1 - Miranda, Javier A1 - Vilhuber, Lars KW - confidentiality protection KW - gross job flows KW - local labor markets KW - Statistical Disclosure Limitation KW - Synthetic data KW - time-series AB - We describe and analyze a method that blends records from both observed and synthetic microdata into public-use tabulations on establishment statistics. The resulting tables use synthetic data only in potentially sensitive cells. We describe different algorithms, and present preliminary results when applied to the Census Bureau's Business Dynamics Statistics and Synthetic Longitudinal Business Database, highlighting accuracy and protection afforded by the method when compared to existing public-use tabulations (with suppressions). VL - 32 UR - http://content.iospress.com/download/statistical-journal-of-the-iaos/sji963 IS - 1 ER -