Some suggestions Some suggestions
Marcel Timmer
Groningen Growth and Development Centre
University of Groningen y g
I i i h
Interaction with users
¾ Have frequent interaction with national statistical institutes
¾ Better access and understanding of (wweaknesses of) data
¾ Institutionalize in later stage
¾ Institutionalize in later stage
¾ Have frequent interaction with usersq
¾ Users not only interested in productivity series but also in underlying output, labour and capital input series.
¾ U ( d i li li t di ) i t t
¾ Users (academics, policy analists, media) appreciate one-stop shop for international productivity statistics
¾Make it public: methods and data (at an early stage)( y g )
¾International comparisons (also level comparisons)
¾ Users can provide useful feedback to improve the database
P i f i
Points for attention
¾ Quantities and Deflators (quality adjustments (e.g. ICT-goods, services output)
¾ At least have an idea where potential problem areas are.
¾ At least have an idea where potential problem areas are.
¾ Measurement of services output
¾ Public administration
¾ Education
¾ H lth
¾ Health
¾ Trade-off reliability and detail
¾ Trade off reliability and detail
E di WORLD KLEMS Extending WORLD KLEMS
¾ Potential satellite databases to be added
¾ Micro-level indicators (number of firms, firm size, distribution statistics)
statistics)
¾ Innovation (R&D, intangibles, patents)
¾ Foreign direct investment and sales
¾ Regulation indices
¾ International trade
¾ E i t l i di t
¾ Environmental indicators
¾ E.g. WIOD (World input-output database)
¾ Link to maintain is the industry-classification and industry-detail