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Linking micro data. Some Norwegian experiences

Linking micro data. Some Norwegian experiences. Øyvind Hagen Statistics Norway Nordic meeting , Faeroe Islands September 2014. Comments concerning reporting unit – enterprises - in different statistics.

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Linking micro data. Some Norwegian experiences

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  1. Linking micro data. Some Norwegian experiences Øyvind Hagen Statistics Norway Nordic meeting, Faeroe Islands September 2014

  2. Commentsconcerningreporting unit – enterprises - in different statistics To producestatisticsweuseinformation from registers as well as surveys Registers areoften not designed to have statistics as a main goal Enterprise IDs, in the database ofthe trading agent, may not be valid for thereportingperiod. Experiences from othercountries? Extra- v intrastat? Smaller enterprises do not appear in many surveys due to responseburden

  3. Enterprise – business registration no. The mostimportantenterprisesbelong to an enterprisegroup -EG Different enterpriseswithin an EG may report to thevariousstatistical areas Over time: within a statistical area thereporting unit mayalsochange

  4. External trade in goodsstatistics The reportingenterprisemight not be theoneactuallyexporting Downstreamvaluechainenterprisesact as intermediarieswithouthavingactualproductione.g. exportsoffish. Severalproducingenterprisesmay report onlyusingoneoftheenterpriseID’s.

  5. External trade versus structural business stat - sbs Norway - profitfigures – e.g. gross operating surplusdivided by turnover Aim - compare traders to non traders and acrossactivitysector Challenge – certainEG’smayredistributesurplus to specificcompanies not necessarily present in ITGS data This mayexplain apparent largedifferences in profitabilitybetween traders and non - traders

  6. Norway profit2010-2011

  7. Enterprise groups

  8. Furtherdevelopments Questions Basedonfindingswhenmerging different statistics by enterpriseuse EG as reporting unit Do we lose relevant informationaboutthe most detailedlevel? Will bring about more work to be done? Complex EG structuremaycause problems concerningthedistribution by e.g. industrysector. Have anyofthecountriestried to make a comparisonon EG level?

  9. Furtherdevelopmentsonthe area MDL projects data 2008 -2012 Aim to develop robust rules for linking data onmicrolevel from different statistical areas. Establish relevant indicatorswhichcan be efficiently and reliablyreproduced

  10. MDL project data sources National Business Register External Trade commodity/sevices Structural Business Statistics Foreign AffiliatesStatistic, outward/inward CommunityInnovatioan Survey ICT Usagee-Commerceenterprise Survey International Sourcing Business DemographyStatistics

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