International Statistical Conference Statistics – Investment in the Future 2

1. International Statistical Conference Statistics – Investment in the Future 2 Prague, Czech Republic, 14 – 15 September 2009 Business Registers as a Tool for linking various Administrative Data Sources Norbert Rainer statistik.at

2. Content • Introduction • Roles and functions of the business registers • System of statistical registers • Central role of the business register for the use of administrative data

3. Introduction • Statistical registers and other statistical instruments and tools • Development of business statistics • Response burden • Use of administrative data

4. Sources of the Business register Administrative data/register Legal units Enterprises Feedback from surveys Business register Local units Register co-operation w.o. institutions (Local) KAU Other (non- administrative) data sources Enterprise groups statistik.at

5. Functions of the Business register Business register Link to administrative data Frame for statistical surveys Statistical database Survey support Other statistical use (e.g. business demography statistics) Survey documentation and response burden Register co-operation w.o. statistical institutions Other non-statistical uses Documentation of classification codes statistik.at

6. The statistical register system Administrative register Buildings and dwellings register Business register Other registers Population register statistik.at

7. Use of administrative data • Provide link between administrative input data and statistical output data: • for the business register itself • for a variety of statistical domains • Link enables supplementing or replacing of survey variables • Effects of linkages: • increase data quality • increase efficiency • reduce costs • reduce response burden

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