Download Priority Focus Areas (PPT 257KB)

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
–
–

Employment, education/skills and workplace practises
–
–

Financial services sector – cooperate with Central Bank
Corporate finance, i.e. debt/equity
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