Labour Statistics: Concepts, Sources and Methods (Additional Information)
OVERVIEW OF LABOUR STATISTICS PURPOSE This publication provides a comprehensive account of the concepts and definitions underpinning Australian labour statistics, and the data sources and methods used to compile them. It explains: What the statistics measure; How they can be used; How they relate to other economic series; How they are produced; Whe
ZEW Discussion Papers DP No. 18-039: Higher Taxes on Less Elastic Goods? Evidence from German Municipalities
German municipalities have substantial autonomy in setting taxes on two distinct tax bases: business profits and property values. We use this setting and a two-step approach to explore whether implemented tax policy is consistent with the seminal inverse-elasticity rule. First, we estimate the tax elasticity of the two tax bases using event-study a
ZEW Discussion Papers DP No. 18-033: Web Mining of Firm Websites: A Framework for Web Scraping and a Pilot Study for Germany
Nowadays, almost all firms have their own websites which they use to publish information about their products and services. Using the example of innovation in firms, we outline a framework for extracting information from firm websites using web scraping and data mining. For this purpose, we present an easy and free-to-use web scraping tool for larg
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Sustainable development aims to achieve a continuous improvement in citizens’ quality of life and well-being. This involves the pursuit of economic progress, while safeguarding the natural environment and promoting social justice. For these reasons, sustainable development is a fundamental and overarching objective of the European Union and the pro
Manufacturing output rises a mere 0.2% in three months toAugust, corroborating IHS Markit PMI Strong ISM growth signals potentially reflect outperformance bylarger companies Different surveys offer differing views on the health of the USmanufacturing economy. The widely-watched ISM gauge of the healthof the goods-producing sector rose to a 14-year
