Outline Statistical Roadmap 9-11 June 2005, Helsinki

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Outline Statistical Roadmap9-11 June 2005,
Helsinki

• Bart van Ark
• Groningen Growth and Development Centre
• University of Groningen
• This project is funded by the European
  Commission, Research Directorate General as part
  of the 6th Framework Programme, Priority 8,
  "Policy Support and Anticipating Scientific and
  Technological Needs".

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Outline

• Introduction
• Theoretical basis of EU KLEMS database
• General approach to data collection, processing
  and presentation
• Raw data
• Input
• Output
• EU KLEMS industry classification
• WP 1 Interindustry Accounts (general guidelines,
  country guidelines
• WP 2 Labour Accounts (general guidelines,
  country guidelines
• WP 3 Capital Flow Accounts (general guidelines,
  country guidelines
• WP 4 Relative Price Levels (general guidelines,
  country guidelines
• Main areas of Methodological and Data Research

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WP 1 General Guidelines

• The trade and transport margins paid by the
  consuming sector should be captured in the
  intermediate input flows from the trade and
  transport sectors.
• Basic prices are identical in all uses. This is
  true for domestically produced goods on the one
  hand, and imported goods on the other.
• In case the tables are not adjusted for FISIM, an
  adjustment must be made
• In case the level of detail of the SUT does not
  fit the EUK list of industries (see Section 4),
  breakdowns should be made with additional
  statistical information.
• The default option is to generate long-term
  series of ESA 95 compatible Supply and Use Tables
  with FISIM distributed.
• For NA time series and IO or SUT tables made in
  the same vintage of the ESA system, the SUT or IO
  tables should be adjusted to match NA output,
  import, intermediate input and final demand.
• The default option should be to have the volume
  change of the output of an industry in line with
  national accounts. On this we simply cannot do
  better than the national accounts. The volume
  changes by product should be consistent with
  this.
• We aim for balancing Supply and Use Tables at
  constant prices, preferably by row.

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WP 2 General Guidelines

• The quantity of labour input should be derived as
  much as possible from the integrated labour input
  numbers in the national accounts, provided these
  estimates are judged sufficiently reliable.
  Splits for disaggregated industries will be made
  with information from Labour Force Surveys,
  Business Surveys or administrative sources (such
  as social security statistics)
• Hours should be based on actual hours worked not
  contractual hours
• Compensation stems from the Input-Output tables
  and is therefore consistent with the National
  Accounts.
• Quality of labour input (characteristics) will be
  tied into the quantity data.

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WP 3 General Guidelines