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dc.contributor.authorHartwig, Jochenen
dc.date.accessioned2008-10-23-
dc.date.accessioned2011-10-06T15:39:51Z-
dc.date.available2011-10-06T15:39:51Z-
dc.date.issued2007-
dc.identifier.pidoi:10.3929/ethz-a-005431034en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/50332-
dc.description.abstractMacroeconomic data are indispensable for modern governance, yet it is often unclear how reliable these data are. The production process of macroeconomic data inside the statistical offices is often not very transparent for the general public. Bystanders usually have no choice but to take for granted the published data because criteria by which to judge data quality are wanting. Hoping to contribute to a better understanding of the quality of macroeconomic data, this paper proposes several plausibility checks and applies them to recently published Swiss labour productivity growth figures. Although the proposed checks cannot prove or disprove the official data, they are capable of either strengthening our confidence in the official data or, alternatively, of casting them into doubt. Policy debates drawing on official data will hardly be able to ignore differences in the degree of confidence with which these data are held to be accurate.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aETH Zurich, KOF Swiss Economic Institute |cZurichen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aKOF Working Papers |x173en
dc.subject.jelC82en
dc.subject.jelO47en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordAccuracy of macroeconomic observationsen
dc.subject.keywordstatistical artefactsen
dc.subject.keywordlabour productivityen
dc.subject.stwArbeitsproduktivitäten
dc.subject.stwDatenqualitäten
dc.subject.stwStatistischer Testen
dc.subject.stwSchweizen
dc.titleTrying to assess the quality of macroeconomic data: The case of Swiss labour productivity growth as an example-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn583327567en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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