EU KLEMS Growth and Productivity Accounts: November 2009 Release

For a summary overview of the methodology and construction of the EU KLEMS database, see: O’Mahony, Mary and Marcel P. Timmer (2009), “Output, Input and Productivity Measures at the Industry Level: the EU KLEMS Database”, Economic Journal, 119(538), pp. F374-F403

For more details and analysis, see: Timmer, Inklaar , O'Mahony and van Ark, Economic Growth in Europe, Cambridge University Press, 2010

Sources and methods:

The November 2009 release is an update of the March 2008 release and provides data up to 2007. The sources used for the update are from the National Accounts and obtained from National Statistical Institutes, Eurostat and EU KLEMS consortium partners. The consortium partners are named in the last column of the table below. The updates for detailed intermediate inputs as for detailed labour inputs are not provided at this point and will be added in the next update. A detailed description of methods and sources for the 2007 dataset, on which the current dataset is based, can be found here:

• Methodology of the March 2007 Release
• Sources of the March 2007 Release

The changes in this release compared to the March 2008 Release can be found here:

• Changes compared to the March 2008 Release

A description of variables and starting year for each variable in the November 2009 release can be found here:

• Content EU KLEMS database November 2009

Downloadable country files in Excel:

The November 2009 release contains data at the level of 32 industries and various aggregations. Data files in the first column include standard industry aggregates (basic files). Data files in the second column include alternative industry aggregations such as market versus non-market, goods versus services and ICT production (additional files). The third column contains the capital input files. The last column contains a link to the consortium partner that provided (part of) the underlying data sets for a particular country.

(*) 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:

• 1997 PPPs

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