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CSO priority focus areas An ESRI perspective. Stefanie Haller Economic and Social Research Institute 24 May 2011. Desirable information not currently collected. Information on finance Financial services sector – cooperate with Central Bank Corporate finance, i.e. debt/equity
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CSO priority focus areas An ESRI perspective Stefanie Haller Economic and Social Research Institute 24 May 2011
Desirable information not currently collected • Information on finance • Financial services sector – cooperate with Central Bank • Corporate finance, i.e. debt/equity • Employment, education/skills and workplace practises • Hours for part-time and full-time staff • Share of high-skilled employees (e.g. with 3rd level degree) • Inward and outward direct investment, trade • Shares of foreign ownership, origin of owners • Regular coverage of outward FDI • Intra-firm trade with affiliates abroad • Trade in sevices
Specific items • Collect information on • whether person worked abroad (country) in NES • size of business premises (m2) in ASI • public and private grants to firms • R&D expenditure and R&D personnel from all firms • Gate-keeping question in CIS introduces selection bias
Data attributes and collection • Continue lobbying for a unique business identifier, meanwhile ensure CSO data sets can be linked • Work on making all survey information available at NUTS 3-digit level at least • Geocoding for firms or ED codes that are consistent across CSO • Consult with affected users before discontinuing series • Retain and store all collected information
Presentation and publication of data • Make data available at most disaggregate level possible • Ensure NACE disaggregation is as consistent as possible over time • Ensure tables retain similar format over time • Preserve revisions to historical data • Keep all published data and supplementary material in public domain
Reducing statistical burden • Exploit synergies across CSO datasets e.g. could possibly eliminate questions on trade in CIP if external trade data were used • Retain a survey element for cross-checking when replacing census/survey information with administrative data • Ensure that highest quality data sets in state are preserved • Feed back aggregate data to the reporting firms