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Introduction (business meeting)
Second Consortium Meeting,
9-11 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".
Introduction
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Aims of 2nd consortium meeting in light of EU
KLEMS project
Progress over past 8 months (since October 2004
meeting in London)
Next steps (up to April 2006)
Administrative issues
Questions
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Main aspects of EU KLEMS database
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EU KLEMS project is 3-year statistical and analytical research
project funded by 6th Framework Programme
Purpose is to create a database on productivity by industry for
EU member states with a breakdown into contributions from
capital (K), labour (L), energy (E), materials (M) and service
inputs (S)
Full coverage of “old” EU-15 plus 5 new member states (PL, SK,
HU, CZ and SI)
Limited coverage of GR and PT and other 5 new member states
(CY, MT, LT, LV and EE)
Also comparisons with U.S. and Japan (and Canada)
Time coverage: 1970-2005, with greatest detail on revision period
14 research institutes across Europe, led by GGDC and NIESR
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Main aspects of analytical research
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Conduct out a number of analytical research projects
in areas of:
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analysis of productivity, prices, industry structures,
technology and innovation indicators
labour markets and skills
technological progress and innovation
link to productivity research using firm level databases
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Setup of project: Workpackages
Research
papers
WP2
Labour
accounts
Research
papers
WP3
Capital flow
accounts
Research
papers
WP4
Relative
price levels
Research
papers
WP7: Analysis of LP, TFP, prices and structure
WP1
Inter-industry
accounts
WP5: Data base development
WP 11: Communication and Dissemination
WP8
Labour Markets
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Skill Formation
WP9
Technological
Progress and
Innovation
WP10
Linkages
with FirmLevel Data-Bases
WP6: Statistical Roadmap and Statistical Implementation Plan
5 in consultation with Eurostat and National Statistical Institutes
Progress November 04 – May 05 (I)
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Consortium meeting on 26-27 October
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Administrative matters
Methodological papers
Data collection:
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Data availability questionnaire in January/February
2nd Data Co-ordination group meeting on 25 February (Amsterdam)
• Decisions about concepts
• Identification of problem areas
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 follow up requests  today’s agenda
Contacts & meetings with NSI’s
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Visited most NSI’s  three status positions
Data delivery schedules
Statistical vs. analytical modules
Data base management
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Workshop of Database Management (DM) group on 18 & 19 January
Acquisition and installation of SAS software
6 problem areas (Saturday)
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Co-operation with NSIs is important for project
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Three status positions:
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Participatory status: Statistics Sweden, STATEC (Luxembourg), ONS
Observer status: INSEE, Statistics Denmark, Statistisches Bundesamt, Institute
of National Statistics (Belgium), Statistics Austria, Statistics Ireland, INE, Statistical
Office Slovakia, Statistical Office Poland, CSO Hungary
Contacts under development:
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Subcontracting: Statistics Finland, ISTAT, Statistics Netherlands
New member countries covered by project: Czech Republic, Slovenia
Contacts to be developed (through EPROS): Greece, Portugal, Lithuania,
Latvia, Estonia, Cyprus, Malta
Also contacts with:
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USA (Harvard University, BEA, BLS)
Japan (RIETI, Hitotsubashi)
Canada (Statistics Canada)
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Statistical vs. analytical modules of database
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Statistical module of the database:
• Data consistent with those published by NSIs
• According to rules and conventions on national accounts, supply and use
tables, commodity flow methods, etc. (SNA 1993, ESA 1995)
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Data meet statistical standards of NSI's and Eurostat and can eventually
be incorporated in their present statistical practices.
Analytical module of the database
• Developed parallel to the Statistical module
• Produces additional data and fills gaps using alternative techniques (e.g.
growth accounting) which presently will go beyond the ESA95 and SNA93
or do not (yet) meet statistical standards
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Consider alternative or pioneering assumptions regarding statistical
conventions on, for example, the output and price measurement of ICT
goods and non-market services, measurement of skill levels, construction
of capital stock and capital services, or capitalization of intangible assets.
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Issues in co-operation with NSI’s requires
continuous contacts on bilateral basis
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EU KLEMS needs organize working schedules around
individual NSI’s programmes, but flexibility on both sides is
needed to make it work
Access to unpublished data and sharing between consortium
partners requires specific arrangements with NSI’s
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Assistance and advice in using greater (unpublished) detail from
Supply & Use tables as well as historical (pre-revision) SUTs.
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In principle use integrated labour and national accounts for labour
quantity data as default, but alternative sources (including micro
data, where possible) are also important
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Dilemma of not using “not so reliable” data on industry-by-asset
tables or using estimation methods
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Use of unpublished data for development of analytical module of
database needs to be carefully monitored
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Database management
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Use of SAS for central management of international EU KLEMS
databases
Advantages of SAS
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Relational database
High flexibility
Experience with Productivity Research Data System (PRDS) developed
by ESI
Problems of SAS
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Not all consortium members have it
Interchange SAS – STATA
Maintenance rights between consortium members
Co-ordination
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Stylistic view of database structure
Output
Raw Data
Input
raw data for
individual
countries
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Meta
data
Input at
Country
Level
Input at
International
Level
EU KLEMS
statistical
module
EU KLEMS
analytical
module
Which
procedures
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Which
procedures
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Consortium members
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EU KLEMS database management
WP2 will require much work at country level
for data input
Consortium members
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EU KLEMS database management
WP3 can be mostly handled at
international level for data input
Consortium members
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EU KLEMS database management
WP1 depends on detail of information & expertise
of consortium partners or inputs from NSOs
Consortium members
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EU KLEMS database management
Time line of project (Oct 04 - Oct 05)
Database (1-5,9)
oct 04 - jan 05
feb 05
feb 05 - june 05
june 05
july 05 - oct 05
oct 05
contribution to
Statistical Roadmap
DC meeting
data
collection
consortium
meeting
data
collection
DC meeting
DC meeting
methodological
research
consortium
meeting
methodological
research
DC meeting
consortium
meeting
survey papers
meeting with
Commission
Final
Statistical
Roadmap &
draft meth.
working papers
Obtain data
from NSI's
methodological
working
papers
Methodological
Research (1-5,9)
Analytical
Research (7-10)
Communication
(publications,
NSI's & website)
(6 & 11)
Establish
cooperation with
NSI's
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Draft of
Statistical
Roadmap
Obtain data
from NSI's
Time line of project (Oct 05 - Oct 06)
oct 05 - dec 05
jan 06
jan 06 - april 06
april 06
april 06 - oct 06
oct 06
Database (1-5,9)
data transfer to
central hubs
preliminary
database
feedback on
database
DC & consortium
meeting
finalization &
update database
1st version database
& conference
Methodological
Research (1-5,9)
final phase
meth. research
Analytical
Research (7-10)
survey papers
Communication
(publications,
NSI's & website)
(6 & 11)
Obtain data
from NSI's
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conference
restricted
database
access &
draft survey
papers
feedback on
survey papers
consortium
meeting
analytical
research
conference
feedback from
NSI's & Eurostat;
feedback from
Commission &
experts
Draft EUKLEMS
Manual
Roadmap &
draft working
papers
feedback from
NSI's & Eurostat
on database
& EUKLEMS
Manual
EUKLEMS Manual,
1st productivity report
and drafts of
analytical research
papers
Time line of project (Oct 06 - Sep 07)
oct 06 - april 07
april 07
april 07 - sep 07
sep 07
update database
& implementation
consortium
meeting
update database
& implementation
2nd version database
& final conference
Analytical
Research (7-10)
analytical
research
consortium
meeting
analytical
research
final conference
Communication
(publications,
NSI's & website)
(6 & 11)
Work with NSI's
on Statistical
Implementation
Plan
Draft
Implementation
Plan &
draft working
papers
feedback from
NSI's & Eurostat on
Statistical
Implementation
Plan
Final version Statistical
Implementation Plan,
2nd productivity report,
working papers
and final publication
Database (1-5,9)
Methodological
Research (1-5,9)
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Upcoming activities
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Continuation of data collection
Database construction (country level and EU level)
End 2005/early 2006: release of preliminary version EU KLEMS
database
Conferences and Workshops
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OECD Workshop on Productivity Programmes of NSI’s (October 2005)
Data Co-ordination group meeting on preliminary database (Nov 2005) ?
EU KLEMS Workshop on Eastern Europe, WIIW, Vienna (Dec 2005)
Conference on Technology Indicators (WP9), together with DIME and
TEG (late 2005)
Next consortium meeting in April 2006?
Workshops on individual WPs?
Workshops in individual countries?
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Administrative Issues
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Record activities (workshops, visits to NSO’s, etc.) 
it all counts for the EU KLEMS output and for your
auditor
Provide notes but above all EU KLEMS Working
Papers  and publish where possible in refereed
journals
Get your auditor involved soon in your accounts: 21
September is drop[deadline
OTHER QUESTIONS?
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