Transcript Guidelines on Statistical Business Registers. Draft Chapter 6: Data Sources Andrew Allen UK The purpose of the chapter • To provide a comprehensive list and description.

Guidelines on Statistical Business
Registers. Draft Chapter 6: Data
Sources
Andrew Allen
UK
The purpose of the chapter
• To provide a comprehensive list and
description of possible data sources
• To identify advantages/disadvantages of
different sources
• To provide guidance on using these sources
to build a statistical business register.
Overview of the content of the chapter
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1. Introduction
2. Categories of data source
3. Common issues
4. Administrative data source
5. Advantages of using Administrative data
6. Disadvantages of using Administrative data
7. Quality of Administrative data
8. Legal issues and access to administrative sources
9. Using administrative sources in practice
10. Converting to statistical units
11. Quality improvements and addition of specific stratification
variables
12. Statistical Sources
13. Combining Administrative and Statistical sources
14. Links to other types of registers
15. Other and New types of data sources
Types of administrative sources
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Tax Records
Company, chamber of commerce, trade
Administrative business registers
Social Security register (social contributions)
Labour and Employment register
Industry associations
Agricultural administrative registers
Telephone directories
Water supply and electric associations etc.
Issues for further discussion and
feedback
• Economic Census- still done ? But not very
practical given the cost and updating
frequency.
• Feedback from surveys to supplement
register - more about updating
characteristics.
• Special register updating surveys.
Issues for further discussion and
feedback cont.
• Identifying local units - not often possible from
administrative data?
• Linking to associate registers ?
• Developed country focus – need some
examples of practice in developing world
Further discussion: new sources
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Payroll systems
Accounting data
Commercial providers
Internet ?
• What else ??
• Guidelines will have a long life- test of time.
Requests for good practices/examples
• We need country examples please on:
Innovative uses or sources of data
How economic censuses are run.
Single administrative registers
Other ideas ??
Contact
• Please send examples to:
[email protected]