Economic Measurement

Aims of the course

Training for collection and finding of the relevant statistical data for the selected economic problems and questions.

Training for the ability to use and to develop simple and more advanced statistical methodologies for the analysis of the selected economic problems.

Training for the ability to explain economic and social implicaations of the published statistical data.

To be able to identify uncorrect use of the statistical data and methods.

Course syllabus

1. Economic statistics, macroeconomics and statistics; economic statistics and official statistics
2. Official statistics
2.1. Role and institutional, legal and organisational framework
2.2. Statistical standards: definitions, statistical units, classifications, registers
2.3. Dissemination and data sources
3. Data collection for economic statistics
3.1. Survey methods
3.2. Use of administrative records
4. Index Numbers
4.1. Choice of formulae: economic, axiomatic and statistical approach
4.2. Binary indices and index series
5. Statistical measurement in practice
5.1. Population
5.2. Labour market
5.3. Prices
5.4. Production and productivity
5.5. Short-term economic activity
6. National accounts: integrated framework of statistical measurement
7. International comparisons

Course director(s)

  • Office Hours
  • Wednesday at 10:00 in R-415
 
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