National Accounts Statistics-Advanced
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- Session: JV 23.02
- Location: Vienna, Austria
- Dates: January 23, 2023 - February 3, 2023 (2 weeks)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Interpretation language: Russian
- Status: Deadline passed
Target audience and qualifications
- Target audience: Compilers of national accounts statistics employed by agencies responsible for official national accounts statistics.
- Qualifications: Participants are expected to have a degree in economics, or statistics; or equivalent experience.
Course description
- Presented by the Statistics Department.
- Covers theoretical and practical aspects in the compilation of national accounts statistics based on the conceptual framework of the System of National Accounts 2008 (2008 SNA).
- Course structure: lectures covering advanced methodological and compilation issues of the 2008 SNA and workshops consisting of practical exercises in compiling the accounts.
- Main aim: to train participants in developing and using more advanced compilation techniques in areas including supply and use tables (SUTs), input-output tables, price and volume measures, and thematic satellite accounts.
- Course start point: the course starts with SNA framework and will discuss how these accounts can be extended to address specific user needs.
- Emphasis placed on sharing country experiences among the participants.
- COVID-19 delivery disclosure (verbatim): "Disclosure: Due to COVID 19, courses will be delivered in person, hybrid, or virtual, according to safety guidelines. As of today, this course is scheduled to be delivered in person in Vienna, but its delivery method may change. By submitting your application, you confirm your availability to participate in the course either in person or virtually. Up-to-date Covid-19 vaccination is likely to be required and related information may be requested from participants for in-person courses."
Main lectures and workshops (topics)
- Conceptual framework of the SNA
- Output of specific industries
- SUTs and input-outputs tables
- Price and volume measurement
- Estimating consumption of fixed capital
- Thematic satellite accounts, with a focus on topics covered in the update of the 2008 SNA (e.g., informal economy, labor accounts)
Course objectives (learning outcomes)
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to:
- Describe the conceptual framework of the SNA.
- Apply specific techniques to derive value added in special cases.
- Apply the techniques used to balance SUTs.
- Understand the process of converting SUTs to input-output tables.
- Explain the price and volume measurement techniques, including chain linking.
- Apply appropriate techniques to estimate volume estimates of value added and GDP by expenditure in constant prices.
- Understand the principles and practice of estimating consumption of fixed capital using perpetual inventory models.
- Understand the key features of satellite accounts and their use for policy-relevant economic analysis.