Measuring the non-observed economy : a handbook.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Statistics Directorate.

International Monetary Fund. Bureau of Statistics.

International Labour Organisation. Bureau of Statistics.

Commonwealth of Independent States. Statistical Committee.

Series:

Statistics (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)

Statistics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Informal sector (Economics)--Statistics.

Informal sector (Economics).

Physical Description:

249 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

Paris, France : OECD, [2002]

Summary:

The main purpose of this guide is to give advice on estimating the gross domestic product of countries based on the observable economic activity. It discusses how to compile and measure data on production, incomes, and expenditures in national accounts. Further discussions explore how to increase the accurate assessment of non- observable economic activity, i.e. underground activities, household production for household use, and the informal sector. The handbook presents the existing practices of economists in evaluating data and provides advice how they are best used. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Contents:

Chapter 3. Notions of the Non-Observed Economy 35

Chapter 4. Assessment of National Accounts 49

Chapter 5. National Accounts Methods to Achieve Exhaustiveness 67

Chapter 6. Assessment and Improvement of Data Collection Programme 95

Chapter 7. Implementation Strategy 123

Chapter 8. Underground Production 137

Chapter 9. Illegal Production 149

Chapter 10. Informal Sector Production 159

Chapter 11. Household Production for Own Final Use 177

Chapter 12. Macro-model Methods 185

3. Data Requirements and Sources 231

4. Analytical Frameworks for the Non-Observed Economy 238

5. IMF Data Quality Assessment - Generic Framework 247

2.1. (1993 SNA Figure 17.1) Population and labour concepts 27

3.1. Istat analytical framework 43

3.2. Production income framework 47

4.1. Example of structure of data quality assessment framework for national accounts estimates 63

5.1. Estimation of GDP by input of labour method (Italian approach) 80

7.1. Elements of NOE measurement implementation strategy 127

7.2. Enterprises in household sector by type of production 133

10.1. Fifteenth ICLS: Framework for informal sector definition 164

3.1. Unit by activity by cause classification of non-observed activities 45

3.2. Classification of NOE by registration of units and labour input 46

4.1. Primary income of households according to the national accounts and income tax statistics for the Netherlands 1977-1985 52

4.2. Upper limit of underground transactions missing from personal expenditure 57

4.3. Upper limit of underground transactions missing from expenditure based GDP 57

4.4. NOE upper bound for the Netherlands, 1979 59

4.5. Eurostat national accounts process table, layer 1: Quantitative overview 66

6.1. Survey registration and collection characteristics by size of enterprise 108.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-204).

ISBN:

9264197451

OCLC:

50622980