answering new questions bert kroese, statistics netherlands [email protected]
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Overview presentation
• The world has new, additional questions• Creating new information• Some results of Statistics Netherlands• Institutional arrangements• Conclusion
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A changing world leads to new questions
Previously: what is exported and imported where?
Now, in addition, policy makers, the public at large and scientists have questions about:
• Effects of trade (prosperity, employment, migration)• Determinants of trade – who trades, who is
successful and why?
Demand for other ways to present data
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Integrating economical, functional and social statistics
Enterprise Firm Job Person
Statistics of Finances of Enterprises
International Trade Fiscal Data
Population register
Job register
Surveys Persons and Households
Structural Business Surveys and short term indicators
R&D
Investments
Business Register
Fiscal Data
1 : M 1 : N P : 1
Ownership (UCI)
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Results of Statistics Netherlands
• Geographical concentration of exports (2007)• Traders are more productive (2008)• Share of SMEs in export > 50% (2009) • Traders pay higher wages (2010)
Published in Internationalisation Monitor 2007-2010
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Number ofimporters
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Imports value Exports value Re-exports value
Dutch controlled Foreign controlled
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New presentations of existing data (I)
The exports radar: a visualisation of export conditionsAlso uses exports information from business cycle survey
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New presentations of existing data (I)
The exports radar: a visualisation of export conditionsAlso uses exports information from business cycle survey
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New presentations of existing data (II)
Relate size of a country to size of trade with the Netherlands
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New presentations of existing data (II)
Relate size of a country to size of trade with the Netherlands
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Developing new statistics
• Decide on negative priorities, creating resources for new statistics
• Separate production and development• Groups of 5-10 persons work on a new theme• Group develops new statistics, with external and
internal feedback• Transfer statistics and knowledge to production• Publish on internet in tables and visualisations• Registered users have access to underlying
micro-data in data warehouse
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ConGO, a department for 300 large, complex enterprises that trade
• Started in summer 2010• 25-30 fte• Coordinates and processes all data
collection for these enterprises• Results in consistency of survey and
register information on the enterprise level• Quality and Efficiency: Business Statistics
and National Accounts use the same data
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Dutch Central Bank (DNB)
Compiles FDI, BoP and several statistics on the financial sector
Statistics Netherlands and DNB• Use each others data, which results in
efficiency and consistency• Coordinate statistical populations
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Further cooperation answers new questions about
• Re-exports (Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis)
• Integrating trade and transport (Free University)
• Sourcing (Eurostat)• Global Value Chains (Eurostat)
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Conclusion
• Globalisation and increasing international trade lead to new, additional questions about effects and determinants of trade
• Linking data can answer many questions • Visualisations help to understand data • Cooperation is important