Accessing Eurostat Data

1. ESDS Manchester 11.2008 Accessing Eurostat Data Tanvi Desai Data Manager LSE Research Laboratory Research Laboratory

2. ESDS Manchester 11.2008 Available Data • European Community Household Panel [ECHP] 1994-2001 • European Labour Force Survey [ELFS] 1983-2007 • Community Innovation Survey [CIS] 2000/2001, 2004 (pilot 1993,1997/1999) • Statistics on Income and Living Conditions [EU-SILC] 2004-2006 • European Structure of Earnings Survey [ESES] 1995,2002 • Forthcoming Adult Education Survey (AES) Farm Structure Survey (FSS) Research Laboratory

3. ESDS Manchester 11.2008 Access procedures • Are you employed by an EU university, research institute, national statistical office or central bank? (Licenses are at an institutional level, there is no access for individuals) • Institutional contract(s) • Must be managed by an contract manager, and signed by an institutional rep (eurostat recommends a university chancellor or vice-chancellor for research – someone who can represent the institution as a whole) • wait up to 10 weeks to receive data (projects must be approved by all member states) • On receiving data – individual contracts • Contract manager’s responsibility to collect individual contracts from everyone accessing the data • Publications to Eurostat • Renewal Research Laboratory

4. ESDS Manchester 11.2008 Before you apply • Do all users have an employment contract with the institution? • Does the data set contain • the countries you need? • the variables you need? • the level of detail you are interested in? • Does the user want to collaborate with researchers at a different institution? Research Laboratory

5. ESDS Manchester 11.2008 Network contracts For users at different institutions to collaborate on data analysis Eurostat requires a network contract, even if all institutions have contracts to access the data. • Same cost for 10 institutions as for 1 • Institutions cannot be added at a later date • However, users can collaborate if only the user at the registered institution carries out data analysis Note: an institution with a network contract can purchase data at an institutional level for a reduced price(and vice versa) Research Laboratory

6. ESDS Manchester 11.2008 Access Methods: CD Roms ECHP, ELFS, EU-SILC, CIS3 • Advantages • data available locally • data can be shared among collaborators at no extra cost • Disadvantages • Heavily anonymised data • Administrative burden, particularly for cross institutional projects Research Laboratory

7. ESDS Manchester 11.2008 Access Methods: Secure Lab CIS3&4, ESES • Advantages • Full micro data available • Disadvantages • Cost – daily charge, travel, living costs • Need to specify number of days in advance • Delay in receiving output Research Laboratory

8. ESDS Manchester 11.2008 Access Methods: Remote Special Case: ESES 1995, 2002 • Advantages • Full micro data available from desk • Free • Easier access for users from outside Europe • Disadvantages • Very limited countries and years • No direct access to the data • Some commands blocked • Only available until December 2010 Research Laboratory

9. ESDS Manchester 11.2008 Links and contacts Eurostat access to microdatahttp://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page?_pageid=1913,47567825,1913_47567846&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL Contact for data access contracts Estat-microdata-access@ec.europa.eu Karien.reinig@ec.europa.eu Contact to apply for institution admissibility Martine.peeters@ec.europa.eu Remote access to ESES http://cep.lse.ac.uk/leed/faq/default.asp Research Laboratory

10. ESDS Manchseter 11.2008 Thank yout.desai@lse.ac.uk Research Laboratory