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Data for Socio-Economic Research in Transition Countries

Economic Policy Institutes Network Research Capacity Development Component. Data for Socio-Economic Research in Transition Countries 1-3 December 2005, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic. Jacek Cukrowski MDG Advisor, UNDP Europe and the CIS Bratislava Regional Centre.

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Data for Socio-Economic Research in Transition Countries

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  1. Economic Policy Institutes Network Research Capacity Development Component Data for Socio-Economic Research in Transition Countries 1-3 December 2005, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic Jacek Cukrowski MDG Advisor, UNDP Europe and the CIS Bratislava Regional Centre

  2. Problems with statistical data in post-communist countries • Underdeveloped statistical capacities • Lack of data, quality, reliability, comparability • National definitions • Changing environment • Short time series

  3. What kind of data? • Macroeconomic data • Inflation, GDP, growth rates, public sector deficit, etc. • Household data • Living standards, poverty, consumption, etc. • Enterprise data • Ownership structure, employment arrangements, etc. • Financial data • Stock market data • Social sector data • Poverty, enrolment, life expectancy, infant mortality, etc.

  4. Sources of macro data • World Bank (www.worldbank.org/data) • World Development Indicators database • World Bank webpage: www.worldbank.org • Country reports • EBRD • Transition Report (and its supplement) • National Statistical Offices • Webpages and publications • National Central Banks

  5. Macro dataStatistical Offices and Central Banks Source: Filer R. and Hanousek J. (2002) Data Watch: Research Data from Transition Economies, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 16, No.1

  6. Sources of household data • Labor force surveys • Household budget survey • Consumer expenditure surveys • Living Standards Measurement Surveys • For details see: www.worldbank.org/lsms

  7. Firms level data and financial data • National sources • Filer R. and Hanousek J. (2002) Data Watch: Research Data from Transition Economies, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 16, No.1 • See also tables in the Annex

  8. Social sector data/poverty data • UNDP Human Development Reports (HDR) • Global (annual reports) • http://hdr.undp.org • Regional (CA HDR, CIS HDR, MDG Report) • http://europeandcis.undp.org • http://mdgr.undp.sk • National HDR • http://hdr.undp.org/nhdr • World Bank survey data • WB report “Growth, Poverty a Inequality in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union” (2005) Available at http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/ECAEXT/ 0,,contentMDK:20627214~pagePK:146736~piPK:146830~theSitePK:258599,00.html

  9. Other sources of social sector data • Children • United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), International Child Development Centre • MONEE database: www.unicef-icdc.org/research/ • Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS): www.childinfo.org/mics2 • Health • World Health Organization • Mortality database: www.who.int/whosis/ • Health for All database: www.who.dk/hfadb • Nutrition anthropometry database: www.who.int/nutgrowthdb • Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS • www.unaids.org/hivaidsinfo

  10. Other sources of social sector data • Gender • World Bank • World development indicators (gender statistics) • www.worldbank.org/data/ • United Nations Economic Commission for Europe • www.unece.org/stats/data.htm • Ageing • United Nations, Department for Economic and Social Affairs (Policies and Programmes on ageing) • www.seniorweb.nl/un/memberstates • Crime • Interpol (International crime statistics) • www.interpol.int See also: Scott Wolf (2004) Tracking Human Development. UNDP, Bratislava

  11. Reports and working papers • International organizations • World Bank, IMF, UNDP, Asian Development Bank, OECD, UNCTAD, etc. • Research institutes • Studies and Analyses CASE • http://www.case.pl • Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education (CERGE-EI) • http://www.cerge-ei.cz/publications/

  12. Reports and working papers (Cont.) • EERC (http://www.eerc.ru) • National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) • http://www.nber.org/ • William Davidson Institute working papers • http://www.wdi.umich.edu/Publications/ • Center for Economic and Financial Research at New Economic School (CEFIR) • http://www.cefir.ru

  13. Research papers databases • EBSCO • Academic Search Premier - The world’s largest academic multi-disciplinary database • full text for nearly 4,700 publications, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed journals • PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals • JSTOR • Arts & Sciences I • JSTOR's first collection and includes many of the core research and society published journals in economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as in other key fields in the humanities and social sciences • This collection also includes a selection of titles in the more science-oriented fields of ecology, mathematics, and statistics

  14. EBSCO

  15. JSTOR

  16. Practical remarks (1) • Be careful with national data • Change in the definitions during transition • Data in particular countries during transition are not comparable • Differences in definitions between countries • Limited comparability • Example • Infant mortality rate • The definition of a live birth in the former Soviet Union differed from the international WHO definition • IN FSU a child was considered not to have a live birth if the infant was born before 28th week of pregnancy with a weight of less than 1000 gm or a length below 35 cm

  17. Practical remarks (2) • Be careful with international data • Change in the definitions and retrospective updates • UNDP HDR • World Bank data Example: Gini Index of consumption inequality WDI (2004) WDI (2005) * Correction Russia (2000) 45,62 34,8 -23% Armenia (1998) 37,92 32,08 -15% Uzbekistan (2000) 26,83 35,49 32% * WB report “Growth, Poverty a Inequality in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union” (2005)

  18. Thank you… • Jacek.Cukrowski@undp.org • United Nations Development Programme Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States Bratislava Regional Centre • www.europeandcis.undp.sk • Regional MDG web page • MDGr.undp.sk

  19. Annex

  20. Households dataLabor force surveys Source: Filer R. and Hanousek J. (2002) Data Watch: Research Data from Transition Economies, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 16, No.1

  21. Households dataHousehold surveys Source: Filer R. and Hanousek J. (2002) Data Watch: Research Data from Transition Economies, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 16, No.1

  22. Sources of firm level data Source: Filer R. and Hanousek J. (2002) Data Watch: Research Data from Transition Economies, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 16, No.1

  23. Stock market data Source: Filer R. and Hanousek J. (2002) Data Watch: Research Data from Transition Economies, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 16, No.1

  24. Stock market data (cont.) Source: Filer R. and Hanousek J. (2002) Data Watch: Research Data from Transition Economies, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 16, No.1

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