Transcript Dias nummer 1

General introduction to Business Registers
Wednesday 30 March 2011
Mrs Vibeke Skov Møller ([email protected]) and
Mr Søren Schiønning Andersen ([email protected])
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Outline for the workshop
A. Supplier perspective:
• Statistics based on re-use of administrative data
from other administrations
- Rationale
- Examples
2. The case of the Danish Business Register
B. User perspective:
3. Key elements in the use of a Business Register in
surveys
4. The role of the Business Register in relation to
burden reduction
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Re-use of admin data – rationale (1)
• Political pressure:
– Reduced cost and burden: Collect data only “one
time and one place”
– Re-use all available information – and not “only” for
statistics
– More and better statistics – and maintaining
independence
• Preconditions:
– Good quality administrative systems
– Access to / sharing of data must be allowed by law
– Confidentiality must be ensured by law (i.e. “oneway” delivery)
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Re-use of admin data – rationale (2)
• Mutual interest and benefits:
– Identification of units – and not “only” for statistics
– Harmonisation of definitions and classifications
– Coverage of all relevant units and better quality
(e.g. both organisations and sole proprietors in
relation to the Business Register)
– Agreement on “sensitivity” of data (e.g. what is
open to the public, what is open to govt. agencies
and what is fully restricted?)
– Credibility and public trust - via transparency and
efficiency
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Important administrative registers in Denmark
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Central Register of Persons
Central Business Register (mandatory usage)
Central Register of Buildings and Dwellings
Central Register of Addresses
– Code: Municipality_code, road_code, house_no.
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Tax: e-Income, VAT, accounts, imports/exports
Pupils and students
Danish Integrated Agricultual Control System
Danish register of Livestock
Obligation to register / update information !!!
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Use of common identification numbers
Personal identification number (PIN)
Identification
Number of
enterprise
and local unit
Data on persons and families
Owner’s /
resident’s
PIN
Address (code)
Data on buildings
and dwellings
Address
(code)
Identification number of
building and access address
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Owner’s /
employee’s
PIN
Data on businesses
Identification number of
enterprise and local unit
The Danish Business Register set-up
The SBR is a satellite in a wider system of data users/providers
Primary data providers
Danish Commerce and
Companies Agency
Central Customs and
Tax Administration
Secondary data providers
Central ABR:
the core
Legal units
Central Register of
Persons
Official Journal of the
Danish State
Statistics Denmark
Danish Working
Environment Authority
Local legal
units
Danish Labour Market
Authority
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Self registration
via Internet
What is in the Administrative Business Register?
What is “basic / common data” about businesses?
• Identification numbers (legal units and local units)
• Name
• Address (official and physical)
• Telephone, email, fax
• Date of creation/cessation
• Legal form (type of ownership) – and owner
• Activity code (NACE) – also valuable for administrative purposes
• Size indicator – perhaps just as a category
• Links to local units / legal unit
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WHAT ARE YOUR POSSIBILITIES
IN ARMENIA?
ANY SUGGESTIONS?
WHAT COULD YOU ACHIEVE?
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Surveys and SBR – Siamese twins (1)
Five key elements regarding use of a SBR for surveys:
1. Full coverage of business entities - no missing units and no
duplicates
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Which survey units do you miss today in NSSRA’s
Business Register?
2. High quality: “All surveys benefit from all updates”
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Standardised logical checks are made by SBR team
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SBR ensures continuity over time (historical data)
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How do survey teams deal with incorrect addresses?
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How is the correct address registered now?
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Surveys and SBR – Siamese twins (2)
3. Standardisation of units, variables and classifications
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How could you ensure a coherent approach to local units?
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Be aware that an enterprise may not always consist of
only one legal unit
4. Cost-efficiency and coordination
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Division of work between SBR and survey divisions?
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Division of work with regional offices?
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Could on-line access to whole SBR for all users be useful
in relation to data collection and validation?
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Surveys and SBR – Siamese twins (3)
5. Reduction of response burden
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Optimised sample sizes
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High data quality leads to lower non-response and less
re-contact to respondents
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Positive and/or negative coordination of samples
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Maximum number of survey participation in a given year
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Exemption of small enterprises from surveys
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Survey “holidays”
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Common identifiers enable electronic reporting
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DO YOU SEE NEW POSSIBILITIES
IN RELATION TO THE BUSINESS
REGISTER?
ANY SUGGESTIONS?
WHAT COULD YOU ACHIEVE?
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