scholarly journals WSKAŹNIKI DOBROBYTU O CHARAKTERZE ODSETKÓW - PRZEGLĄD

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 208-223
Author(s):  
Dominik Sieradzki
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Indicators ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
National Accounts ◽  
Welfare Indicators ◽  
Welfare Measures ◽  
Historical Sketch

This article is revision-based. The aim of the research was to define the welfare measures used, which are in the form of proportion. At the beginning, a historical sketch of the welfare economy was presented. Then, the welfare domains described in the literature are presented and the corresponding welfare indicators were identified. In the next section of the article indicators classified into particular subgroups were presented. The subgroups are: traditional measures of the economy, modified national accounts, index measures and environmental indicators. The article ends with a discussion of the data sources for the welfare indicators and based on that the indicators in the form of proportion were indicated.

scholarly journals Why Is Growth in Developing Countries So Hard to Measure?

2021 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 215-242
Author(s):  
Noam Angrist ◽  
Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg ◽  
Dean Jolliffe
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Informal Economy ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
National Accounts ◽  
Large Share ◽  
System Of National Accounts ◽  
Growth Measurement ◽  
Audit Data

Occasional widely publicized controversies have led to the perception that growth statistics from developing countries are not to be trusted. Based on the comparison of several data sources and analysis of novel IMF audit data, we find no support for the view that growth is on average measured less accurately or manipulated more in developing than in developed countries. While developing countries face many challenges in measuring growth, so do higher-income countries, especially those with complex and sometimes rapidly changing economic structures. However, we find consistently higher dispersion of growth estimates from developing countries, lending support to the view that classical measurement error is more problematic in poorer countries and that a few outliers may have had a disproportionate effect on (mis)measurement perceptions. We identify several measurement challenges that are specific to poorer countries, namely limited statistical capacity, the use of outdated data and methods, the large share of the agricultural sector, the informal economy, and limited price data. We show that growth measurement based on the System of National Accounts (SNA) can be improved if supplemented with information from other data sources (for example, satellite-based data on vegetation yields) that address some of the limitations of SNA.

scholarly journals The unobserved economy and the Dutch national accounts after the benchmark revision 2015

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (53) ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Brugt Kazemier ◽  
Michel van Veen ◽  
Sander IJmker
Keyword(s):  
Gross Domestic Product ◽  
Tax Evasion ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Domestic Product ◽  
Second Step ◽  
National Accounts ◽  
Illegal Activities

AbstractIn 2018, Statistics Netherlands carried out a general benchmark revision of their national accounts statistics. The base year was 2015. Special attention was paid to the exhaustiveness of the estimates. Among other, these include estimates for illegal activities and tax evasion. In the first step, the main (illegal and off the record) activities that were not included in the regular data sources underlying the national accounts were identified. In the second step, estimates were made for each identified activity, based on the scarce information data sources available, supplemented with assumptions. This paper describes the second step. The value added of illegal activities in 2015 was estimated at 4.8 billion euros, which is 0.7% of gross domestic product (GDP). The explicit adjustment for tax evasion was about 3.9 billion euros, which is slightly <0.6% of GDP.

scholarly journals Real structure of the non-profit institutions’ funding resources: market or government?

Equilibrium ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 151
Author(s):  
Vladimir Hyanek ◽  
Zuzana Prouzova
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Complex Structure ◽  
Specific Area ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
National Accounts ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
For Profit ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Real Complex

According to the theory, there are reasons to assume that non-profit institutions (NPI) behave specifically, in the way that is significantly different from the behaviour typical for both for-profit and public service providers. Paper investigates NPIs´ reactions to the distinctive changes of the economic environment in the 2008–2013 when Czech NPIs were relatively strongly affected by the crisis, although this affection probably haven’t been as heavy as in some other European countries. Non-profit institutions (NPI) are characterized by their multi-source funding when payments from end-consumers are relatively low. The most reliable data sources are Annual National Accounts and the Satellite Account of NPIs, presenting macroeconomic data. In this article, we focus on structure of NPI funding resources changes in tough times of economic crisis. The paper derives from the preliminary results of our extensive research project focused on the impact of public financing on the structure of resources and production of non-profit institutions. This project utilizes a quantitative representative questionnaire survey of non-profit institutions. In this article we focus on a specific area of public social services only. The proposed paper seeks to prove that existing data sources do not capture the real/complex structure of NPI funding resources and will identify the shortcomings of the macroeconomic data and their scope.

Production and Welfare: Progress in Economic Measurement

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 867-919 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dale W. Jorgenson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Income Distribution ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
The United States ◽  
Economic Policies ◽  
National Accounts ◽  
Recent Advances ◽  
Poverty And Inequality ◽  
Welfare Measures

While the GDP was intended by its originators as a measure of production, the absence of a measure of welfare in the national accounts has led to widespread misuse of the GDP to proxy welfare. Measures of welfare are needed to appraise the outcomes of changes in economic policies and evaluate the results. Concepts that describe the income distribution, such as poverty and inequality, fall within the scope of welfare rather than production. This paper reviews recent advances in the measurement of production and welfare within the national accounts, primarily in the United States and international organizations. Expanding the framework beyond the national accounts has led to important innovations in the measurement of both production and welfare. (JEL D63, E01, E23, E24, E31, I20)

scholarly journals St. Lucia Technical Assistance Report—Rebasing GDP Mission

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (164) ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Technical Assistance ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Real Sector ◽  
National Accounts ◽  
Current Structure ◽  
The Real ◽  
System Of National Accounts ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Central Statistics Office ◽  
Central Statistics

A technical assistance (TA) mission was undertaken by the Real Sector Statistics Advisor in the Caribbean Regional Technical Assistance Centre (CARTAC) to Saint Lucia during January 27-February 7, 2020, to provide advice to the Central Statistics Office (CSO) on compiling rebased GDP estimates. The 2006 base year for the GDP estimates is outdated and does not reflect the current structure of the economy. There is scope to improve the data sources and GDP compilation methodology and to implement the relevant System of National Accounts 2008 (2008 SNA) recommendations.

Registers or surveys – does the type of microdata matter for empirical analyses of consumption behavior?

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Kim Abildgren ◽  
Andreas Kuchler ◽  
America Solange Lohmann Rasmussen ◽  
Henrik Sejerbo Sørensen
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
Private Consumption ◽  
Consumer Demand ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
National Accounts ◽  
Close Match ◽  
Consumption Behavior ◽  
Household Level ◽  
Demand Functions ◽  
Empirical Analyses

In recent years it has come into focus whether longitudinal microdata on consumption derived from administrative registers can constitute an attractive supplement to survey data. This paper explores the consistency between register-imputed and survey-based consumption figures at the household level for Denmark over the period 2002–15. Moreover, it presents estimated consumer demand functions based on the two types of microdata for the same households. The paper finds no significant differences between the marginal propensities to consume out of income estimated on the basis of the two data sources. Furthermore, it demonstrates a close match between total private consumption in the national-accounts statistics and the register-based consumption microdata aggregated over all households.

Finale Ökosystemleistungen als Wohlfahrtsindikatoren | Final ecosystem services as welfare indicators

2010 ◽  
Vol 161 (9) ◽  
pp. 341-345 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cornelia Staub ◽  
Walter Ott
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Environmental Policies ◽  
Environmental Indicators ◽  
The Other ◽  
Welfare Indicators ◽  
National Welfare ◽  
Strategic Goals ◽  
The Individual ◽  
National Environmental

Existing environmental indicators focus primarily on the environmental impact of the economy and society. On the other hand, welfare measurement is largely restricted to the contribution that consumer goods make to our prosperity. The purpose of new environmental indicators is to show the contribution to national welfare made by ecosystem services that complement economic reporting and serve as an additional basis for national environmental and resource policies. Within the scope of a feasibility study, a new concept for the identification of “final” ecosystem services – ecosystem services that generate a direct effect on the population's welfare – was tested. The concept involves the listing and operationalisation of relevant final ecosystem services and the benefits they generate for the population in an inventory. The indicators developed in this way were tested for their validity, comprehensibility, usability, feasibility and compatibility. It showed that while they permit statements to be formulated on the effect on welfare made by ecosystem services, their validity for other issues associated with ecosystem services is restricted. Their contribution for environmental policies thus lies, in particular, in problem recognition and the setting of strategic goals. While the concept proves to be feasible, the demarcation of the individual services as well as their implementation based on already available data is challenging. On the basis of this analysis, work is currently taking place on an initial inventory of final ecosystem services for Switzerland.

Measuring the Knowledge Economy – Intangible Spending and Investment in Germany

2012 ◽  
Vol 232 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Florian Berger
Keyword(s):  
International Comparison ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
German Economy ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
National Accounts ◽  
Traditional System ◽  
Economic Role ◽  
System Of National Accounts ◽  
The Us ◽  
Total Investment

SummaryIntangible assets are largely ignored by the “traditional” System of National Accounts (SNA), although they play an increasingly important economic role. The reasons for this are the substantial measurement and valuation problems. This article applies a methodology based on Hulten (1979) and Corrado et al. (2005) to provide some indications on the amount of investment in intangible goods in the German economy. I discuss the proposed categorization approach and quantify the different components for the German economy, drawing on a number of different data sources. I show that the amount of investment in intangibles is significant. An inclusion into the SNA would add around Euro 142.4 bn to total investment in the German economy in 2004. This corresponds to an increase of almost 70%. However, an international comparison shows that Germany falls short in terms of intangible spending relative to the US and UK.

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