Advances in Business Statistics, Methods and Data Collection

Ger Snijkers, PhD, is Senior Methodologist at Statistics Netherlands and former Professor of data collection methodology in business research at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Mojca Bavdaž, PhD, is Associate Professor at the School of Economics and Business, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. Stefan Bender, is Head of the Data Service Center of the Deutsche Bundesbank and Honorary Professor at the School of Social Sciences, University Mannheim, Germany. Jacqui Jones is the General Manager of Macroeconomic Statistics at the Australian Bureau of Statistics. She formerly worked at the UK Office for National Statistics. Steve MacFeely, PhD, is Director of Data and Analytics at the World Health Organization (WHO) and co-chair of the Committee of Chief Statisticians of the UN System. Formerly he was Chief Statistician of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the Deputy Director of the Central Statistics Office, Ireland. Joseph W. Sakshaug, PhD, is Professor at the Institute for Employment Research and Department of Statistics at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany. Katherine J. Thompson is the Senior Mathematical Statistician in the Associate Directorate for Economic Programs at the U.S. Census Bureau. Arnout van Delden, PhD, is Senior Methodologist in the use of administrative data and multisource statistics at Statistics Netherlands.

• List of Contributors xxixSection 1 Introduction to New Measures/Indicators for the Economy 11 Advances in Business Statistics, Methods and Data Collection: Introduction 3Ger Snijkers, Mojca Bavdaž, Stefan Bender, Jacqui Jones, Steve MacFeely, Joseph W. Sakshaug, Katherine J. Thompson, and Arnout van Delden2 GDP and the SNA: Past and Present 23Steve MacFeely and Peter van de Ven3 GDP and the SNA: Future Challenges 43Steve MacFeely and Peter van de Ven4 Bridging the Gap Between Business and Macroeconomic Statistics: Methodological Considerations and Practical Solutions 63Timo Koskimäki and Kristian Taskinen5 Measuring Investment in Intangible Assets 79Mojca Bavdaž, Ahmed Bounfour, Josh Martin, Alberto Nonnis, Giulio Perani, and Tjaša Redek6 Measuring the US Digital Economy 105Jessica R. Nicholson, Thomas F. Howells III, and David B. Wasshausen7 Establishment Based Informal Sector Statistics: An Endeavor of Measurement from Economic Census 2018 of Nepal 125Mahesh C. PradhanSection 2 Topics in the Production of Official Establishment Statistics and Organizational Frameworks 1458 Statistical Producers Challenges and Help 147Jacqui Jones and Holly O’Byrne9 The Development and Maintenance of Statistical Business Registers as Statistical Infrastructure in Statistics Indonesia and the Australian Bureau of Statistics 175Imam Machdi, Ratih Putri Pertiwi, Rr. Nefriana, and Willem Erasmus10 Managing Response Burden for Official Statistics Business Surveys – Experiences and Recent Developments at Statistics Netherlands, Statistics Portugal, and Statistics Sweden 193Johan Erikson, Deirdre Giesen, Leanne Houben, and Paulo Saraiva11 Producing Official Statistics During the COVID-19 Pandemic 225Jacqui Jones, Luisa Ryan, A.J. Lanyon, Marie Apostolou, Tanya Price, Corinna König, Marieke Volkert, Joseph W. Sakshaug, Dane Mead, Helen Baird, Duncan Elliott, and Craig H. McLarenSection 3 Topics in the Use of Administrative Data 26512 Methodology for the Use of Administrative Data in Business Statistics 267Arnout van Delden and Danni Lewis13 Developing Statistical Frameworks for Administrative Data and Integrating It into Business Statistics. Experiences from the UK and New Zealand 291Nicholas Cox, Craig H. McLaren, Claire Shenton, Tom Tarling, and Ella W. Davies14 The Evolution of Integrating Administrative Data in Business Statistics in Ireland 315Colin Hanley and Sorcha O’CallaghanSection 4 Topics in Business Survey Data Collection 33515 What Computerized Business Questionnaires and Questionnaire Management Tools Can Offer 337Gustav Haraldsen16 Tailoring the Design of a New Combined Business Survey: Process, Methods, and Lessons Learned 357Ger Snijkers, Leanne Houben, and Fred Demollin17 Advances in Question(naire) Development, Pretesting, and Evaluation 387Diane K. Willimack, Heather Ridolfo, Amy Anderson Riemer, Melissa Cidade, and Kathy Ott18 Using Paradata in Electronic Business Survey Questionnaires 413Ger Snijkers, Susan Demedash, and Jessica Andrews19 Recent Findings from Experiments in Establishment Surveys 437Josh Langeland, Heather Ridolfo, Jaki McCarthy, Kathy Ott, Doug Kilburg, Karen CyBulski, Melissa Krakowiecki, Larry Vittoriano, Matt Potts, Benjamin Küfner, Joseph W. Sakshaug, and Stefan Zins20 Web Portals for Business Data Collection 469Bente Hole and Leanne Houben21 A Creative Approach to Promoting Survey Response 501Charles F. Brady, Jr. and Kari L. KlinedinstSection 5 Topics in the Use of New Data Sources and New Technologies 51922 Statistical Data Production in a Digitized Age: The Need to Establish Successful Workflows for Micro Data Access 521Stefan Bender, Jannick Blaschke, and Christian Hirsch23 Machine Learning in German Official Statistics 537Florian Dumpert24 Six Years of Machine Learning in the Bureau of Labor Statistics 561Alexander Measure25 Using Machine Learning to Classify Products for the Commodity Flow Survey 573Christian Moscardi and Benjamin Schultz26 Alternative Data Sources in the Census Bureau’s Monthly State Retail Sales Data Product 593Rebecca Hutchinson, Scott Scheleur, and Deanna WeidenhamerSection 6 Topics in Sampling and Estimation 61327 Introduction to Sampling and Estimation for Business Surveys 615Paul A. Smith and Wesley Yung28 Sample Coordination Methods and Systems for Establishment Surveys 637Alina Matei and Paul A. Smith29 Variance Estimation for Probability and Nonprobability Establishment Surveys: An Overview 659Jill A. Dever and Dan Liao30 Bayesian Methods Applied to Small Area Estimation for Establishment Statistics 685Paul A. Parker, Ryan Janicki, and Scott H. Holan31 Variance Estimation Under Nearest Neighbor Ratio Hot Deck Imputation for Multinomial Data: Two Approaches Applied to the Service Annual Survey (sas) 705Rebecca Andridge, Jae Kwang Kim, and Katherine J. Thompson32 Minimizing Revisions for a Monthly Economic Indicator 727Nicole Czaplicki, Stephen Kaputa, and Laura BechtelSection 7 Topics in Data Integration, Linking and Matching 75533 Record Linkage for Establishments: Background, Challenges, and an Example 757Michael D.Larsen and Alan Herning34 Methods for Estimating the Quality of Multisource Statistics 781Arnout van Delden, Sander Scholtus, Ton de Waal, and Irene Csorba35 Adopting Previously Reported Data into the 2022 Census of Agriculture: Lessons Learned from the 2020 September Agricultural Survey 805Linda J. Young, Joseph B. Rodhouse, Zachary Terner, and Gavin Corral36 Integrating Alternative and Administrative Data into the Monthly Business Statistics: Some Applications from Statistics Canada 821Marie-Claude Duval, Richard Laroche, and Sébastien LandryAcknowledgments 837References 838Index 839