International comparison studies on economic activity are often hampered by the fact that access to business microdata is very limited on an international level. A project launched by the Institute for Employment Research in cooperation with Cornell University, USA tries to overcome these limitations by improving access to Business Censuses from multiple countries based on synthetic data. Starting from the synthetic version of the longitudinally edited version of the U.S. Business Register (the Longitudinal Business Database, LBD), the idea is to create similar data products in other countries by applying the synthesis methodology developed for the LBD to generate synthetic replicates that could be distributed without confidentiality concerns. In this talk we discuss some pitfalls encountered while trying to harmonize the German business data collected at the IAB with the structure of the LBD. We also present some first results of the synthesis process and talk about plans for the future.
10:00 - 11:00
Special Topic Session
Room: Hegelsaal II
Chair:
Florian Meinfelder
Organiser Stefan Bender (head of the Research Data and Service Centre of the Bundesbank)
Administrative data producers are witnessing a growing demand to provide access to microdata. Simultaneously, digitisation is affecting data production in official statistics and data handling in research. This session will shed light on the need for data access and data sharing for official statistics and research to enable evidence-based policy advice and evaluation. Discussion will be on addressing challenges arising from sharing data in an international context will be discussed. The session will also provide an outlook on new ways to stimulate collaborations in an engaging knowledge framework and on how to measure the impact of official statistics and research in society.
Administrative data producers are witnessing a growing demand to provide access to microdata. Simultaneously, digitisation is affecting data production in official statistics and data handling in research. This session will shed light on the need for data access and data sharing for official statistics and research to enable evidence-based policy advice and evaluation. Discussion will be on addressing challenges arising from sharing data in an international context will be discussed. The session will also provide an outlook on new ways to stimulate collaborations in an engaging knowledge framework and on how to measure the impact of official statistics and research in society.
Synthetic Longitudinal Business Databases for International Comparisons
Reference:
Fr-IPS06-03
Session:
Statistical Data-Production in a Digitized Age: Data centres session, Potentials for Statistics, Research and Society
Presenter/s:
Jörg Drechsler
Presentation type:
Oral presentation
Room:
Hegelsaal II
Chair:
Florian Meinfelder
Date:
Friday, 19 October 2018
Time:
10:00 - 11:00
Session times:
10:00 - 11:00