Business Data Linking – Recent UK experience

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  • Felix Ritchie Office for National Statistics, London

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17713/ajs.v33i1&2.432

Abstract

This paper discusses recent developments in the UK Office for National Statistics in linking business data. The regulatory background, the history of the Business Data Linking Project, and a number of important results arising are described. Creating good microdata from survey data collected for aggregate analysis causes some problems, and other difficulties with generating usable data from micro studies are considered. The paper
notes recent developments which improve the analytical process and offers suggestions to improve the effectiveness of microdata linking.

References

M. Barnes and R. Martin. Business Data Linking: an introduction, Economic Trends no. 581 (April) pp34-41; London: Office for National Statistics. http:/www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/article.asp?id=135 . 2002.

A. Chesher and L Nesheim. Review of the literature on the statistical properties of linked datasets, Report for the UK Department of Trade and Industry. May 2004.

C. Criscuolo and K. Waldron. E-commerce and productivity“, Economic Trends no. 600 (November) pp52-57; London: Office for National Statistics. http:/www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/article.asp?id=597. 2003.

F.J. Ritchie. Access to business data in the UK: the regulatory context for government collections; mimeo, Office for National Statistics; presented to the 2003 Conference on Comparative Analysis of Enterprise Microdata, London. http://www.statistics.

gov.uk/events/caed/abstracts/downloads/ritchie.pdf .2003.

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Published

2016-04-03

How to Cite

Ritchie, F. (2016). Business Data Linking – Recent UK experience. Austrian Journal of Statistics, 33(1&2), 89–97. https://doi.org/10.17713/ajs.v33i1&2.432

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