1. Development of a framework for use of administrative data
for business statistics
Yanka Nikodimova
Luxembourg
Eurostat project
“Implementation of a more efficient way of collecting data”

2. “Implementation of a more efficient way of collecting data”
Content
Reduction of respondents’ burden
Register of insured persons
Study and the identification of other administrative registers, containing useful data for business statistics
Luxembourg
Eurostat project
“Implementation of a more efficient way of collecting data”

3. Reduction of respondents’ burden
Priority of NSS development
Wider use of administrative sources
last amendments of Law on Statistics (November 2008)
development of means for coordination of activities on building-up, maintaining and using administrative sources for statistical purposes within NSS;
development of means for NSI conducting continuous monitoring of used methodologies and changes of the national registers and information systems and for estimating the possibilities of using data derived from them for statistical purposes
Improving efficiency of statistical tools
Luxembourg
Eurostat project
“Implementation of a more efficient way of collecting data”

4. Register of insured persons
Analysis of differences between survey data and relevant administrative data
Quality problems
Proposals for improving quality
Luxembourg
Eurostat project
“Implementation of a more efficient way of collecting data”

5. Register of insured persons
Analysis of differences between statistical definitions and variables and relevant administrative definitions (1)
Variable
Statistical survey
Register of insured persons
Number of days worked
Actually days worked
Included actually days worked and days due to paid leave
Number of hours worked
Actually hours worked, including overtime hours worked
Hours paid but not actually worked, such as for annual leave, public holidays and sick leave are excluded
Included actually hours worked, overtime hours worked and hours paid but not actually worked, such as for annual leave and public holidays
Luxembourg
Eurostat project
“Implementation of a more efficient way of collecting data”

6. Register of insured persons
Analysis of differences between statistical definitions and variables and relevant administrative definitions (2)
Variable
Statistical survey
Register of insured persons
Social expenses
Social expenses (including those paid in kind) paid by the employer to the employees such as food coupons; maintenance of holiday homes; one-time payments for medicines, childbirth, death in the family, transport, clothing, etc
Social expenses which are due to social and health contributions
Employer
Enterprise, local unit
Insurer – legal units, persons or branches/subsidiaries of legal units which pay social and health insurance contributions
Comment: It is reflected to data by economic activity
Luxembourg
Eurostat project
“Implementation of a more efficient way of collecting data”

7. Employees by Economic Activity Groupings in 2006
Average annual number of employees from statistical survey
Average annual number of employees from Register of insured persons
Total
Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing
66 120
64 518
Mining and quarrying
29 615
25 899
Manufacturing
Electricity, gas and water supply
55 533
54 691
Construction
Trade, repair of motor vehicles and personal and household goods
Hotels and restaurants
91 212
Transport, storage and communication
Financial intermediation
37 995
37 914
Real estate, renting and business activities
Public administration; compulsory social security
Education
Health and social work
Other community, social and personal service activities
77 855
Extraterritorial organizations and bodies -
943
Luxembourg
Eurostat project
“Implementation of a more efficient way of collecting data”

8. “Implementation of a more efficient way of collecting data”
Quality problems
Double data records
total records for
records for employees
double records for insured persons
Missing data for occupation, gross salary, net salary, tax income and number of hours worked
occupation – records for employees
gross salary – records for employees
net salary – records for employees
tax income – records for employees
number of hours worked – records
Wrong data for number of hours worked
Identification number of insurers
Luxembourg
Eurostat project
“Implementation of a more efficient way of collecting data”

9. Proposals for improving quality of Register of insured persons
Variables occupation, gross salary, net salary, tax income, tax on monthly salary and number of hours worked should be mandatory for all records for employees
Change of content of the register - collect additional data for actually days/hours worked and identification number of employer
Luxembourg
Eurostat project
“Implementation of a more efficient way of collecting data”

10. “Implementation of a more efficient way of collecting data”
Study and the identification of other administrative registers, containing useful data for business statistics
Administrative data for retail sales premises
Administrative data from Communications Regulation Commission
Luxembourg
Eurostat project
“Implementation of a more efficient way of collecting data”