Description of work
Development of a system where meta-data describing the underlying data sources and the relationships between the various classification schemes (industries, labour input categories, asset-types) and between the economic concepts (output, intermediate inputs, factor inputs, PPPs) are separated from the statistical routines and growth accounting algorithms used to manipulate the data.

Development of methods to treat confidential and proprietary data separate from public data, and to distinguish between statistical and analytical module of the database.

Application of database software using SQL – Structured Query Language.

Develop methods for integration of results with KLEMS databases outside EU, including U.S., Canada and Japan.

Development of internal and external access to EU KLEMS Productivity Database.

Primary Contact
Eric Bartelsman, Economic and Social Institute, Free University Amsterdam
E-mail: ebartelsman@feweb.vu.nl

Questions on issues related to data content can be posed to:
Marcel Timmer (m.p.timmer@rug.nl) on WP1
Kate Robinson (k.robinson@niesr.ac.uk) on WP2
Mary O’Mahony (m.omahony@bham.ac.uk) on WP3

Questions on issues related to the technical aspects of the database (including requirements on data transfer) can be posed to:
Ton van Moergastel (a.p.a.van.Moergastel@rug.nl)
Data transfers should also be to Ton van Moergastel (a.p.a.van.Moergastel@rug.nl).

EUKLEMS WP5 Background papers