EU KLEMS Growth and Productivity Accounts: November 2007 Intermediate Release

For a short overview of the methodology and results of the EU KLEMS database, please refer to: Marcel Timmer, Mary O'Mahony and Bart van Ark, The EU KLEMS Growth and Productivity Accounts: An Overview, University of Groningen & University of Birmingham, March 2007. Note that updated overview tables and figures can be found in the individual November 2007 Intermediate Release country files.

Sources and methods:

• Methodology of the March 2007 Release
• Sources of the March 2007 Release
• Major Changes for the November 2007 Release

Downloadable country files in Excel:

The intermediate release updates the first release to 2005 but for a limited number of variables (24). The industry aggregations are similar to the additional files of the March 2007 release and cover a limited number of industries. The data for 2005 and possible revisions for earlier years is mainly based on preliminary data from the national accounts. In addition it provides labour and capital input data consistent with the growth accounts.

(*) EU-15 represents the EU member states as of 1 January 1995, namely: AUT, BEL, DNK, ESP, FIN, FRA, GER, GRC, IRL, ITA, LUX, NLD, PRT, SWE & UK.
(**) EU-15ex represents the EU15 member states for which growth accounting could be performed, namely: AUT, BEL, DNK, ESP, FIN, FRA, GER, ITA, NLD & UK.
(***) EU-10 represents the new EU member states that joined on 1 May 2004, namely: CYP, CZE, EST, HUN, LTU, LVA, MLT, POL, SVK & SVN.
(****) EU-25 represents all member states of the EU as of 1 May 2004 (see EU-15 and EU-10 for a full country list).
(*****) Eurozone represents all countries in the eurozone as of 1 January 2001, namely: AUT, BEL, ESP, FIN, FRA, GER, GRC, IRL, ITA, LUX, NLD & PRT.
(******) EurozoneEx represents the Eurozone countries for which growth accounting could be performed, namely: AUT, BEL, ESP, FIN, FRA, GER, ITA & NLD.

Downloadable country files in Txt format:

For the use of the EU KLEMS dataseries in statistical programs we have constructed txt files (comma separated) of the Excel files displayed above. These files contain the data of all countries and variables. We have made a distinction between all countries and EU aggregates. Please note that these text files are not updated on a regular basis and might contain older vintages of the dataset. If you want to be sure of having the most recent data, we would suggest to look at the Excel files. The EU KLEMS Excel files can be reformatted into txt files using the following macro: EUKLEMSFlatFile Creator.

Purchasing Power Parities:

The following purchasing power parities were used for the construction of the regional aggregates:

• 1970-2005 PPPs

Other EU KLEMS Releases:

• March 2007 Release
• November 2007 Release - Additional Tables [Consortium Only]

This project is funded by the European Commission, Research Directorate General as part of the 6th Framework Programme, Priority 8, "Policy Support and Anticipating Scientific and Technological Needs".