Archive: 60-Industry Database (2-2005)
All series derived from this database need to be referred to as:
"Groningen Growth and Development Centre, 60-Industry Database, February 2005,
http://www.ggdc.net"
The 60-Industry Database provides a comprehensive internationally
comparable dataset on industrial performance at a detailed industry level for OECD
countries and Taiwan. Variables covered include value added in current and constant prices, value added deflators, persons engaged, number of employees, hours worked, labour productivity and labour compensation. The data cover 56 industries for the period 1979-2002. The database is described in detail in the following document about
data sources and methodology.
The first version of this database was constructed in 2003 in co-operation with the National Institute for Economic and Social Research and was financially supported by the European Commission, DG Enterprise. A first update has been published in October 2004. This February update is an intermediate update, which was mainly triggered by suggestions of various users to make our treatment of ICT goods deflators more transparent. In addition to this, we took the opportunity to revise a limited set of industry series on the basis of new information. The differences with the October 2004 version of the 60-industry database are described in the
comparison with the previous version.
The database is comparable with the OECD STAN Database, which was used as the point of departure here. However, in order to reach a greater degree of industry detail, and to provide a comprehensive dataset without gaps, OECD STAN data were complemented with information from industry and services statistics and additional (historical) national accounts data for individual countries. The spreadsheets associated with each of the country files (sources and methods) provide a full account of the sources used for each country, each year and each variable.
It should be stressed that the estimates for the total economy are aggregated across industries and that, given several adjustments at industry level, the aggregate results are not fully consistent with the national accounts aggregates (see the sources and methods document). It is also underlined that value data in this database are expressed in national prices. Hence figures for EU countries in euros do therefore not reflect a correction for purchasing power parities (see for example, ICOP Industry Database for PPP converted estimates for manufacturing industries).
Please note that this is an old version of the 60-industry database, available for reproducing results of papers and other work based on this dataset. Proceed to the current 60-industry database for the latest data.
Downloadable country files:
A detailed example of the computation of aggregate deflators using the Tornqvist index
can be found in a separate example-file.
The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) has published a note about chained-dollar indexes. This note explains the advantages of chain
indexes and why value added in constant prices cannot simply be added up if it
is calculated using a chain-weighted index. The BEA uses Fisher indices to
aggregate across industries while the GGDC uses Törnqvist indices. The
practical differences between the indices will normally be quite small.
The responsibility for this database is entirely that of the Groningen Growth and Development Centre, and not that of the European Commission or any other institution.
Previous versions of this database
The 60-Industry database has been extended, updated and improved over time.
The earlier versions of the database that have been used in the papers below are still
available for replicating results:
60-Industry Database (October 2004)
O'Mahony, M. and van Ark, B., eds.(2003), EU Productivity
and Competitiveness: An Industry Perspective Can Europe Resume the Catching-up Process?,
Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg, 2003.
Underlying data:
60-Industry Database (October 2003)
Ark, B. van, R. Inklaar and R.H. McGuckin (2002),
'Changing Gear': Productivity, ICT
and Service Industries: Europe and the United States, GGDC Research Memorandum GD-60.
Underlying data:
60-Industry Database (July 2003)
Ark, B. van (2001), The Renewal of the Old
Economy: Europe in an Internationally Comparative Perspective, OECD STI Working Paper,
no. 2001/5
Underlying data:
ICT Database (2001). This version uses a somewhat different
classification of ICT-using industries and covers the period from 1990 to 1998-1999.
Examples of research based on this database
The 60-Industry Database has been originally devised for a study developed by the Groningen Growth and Development Centre and the National Institute for Economic and Social Research, which was was commissioned by the European Commission, DG Enterprise. This study, EU Productivity and Competitiveness: An Industry Perspective Can Europe Resume the Catching-up Process? (M. O'Mahony and B. van Ark, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg, 2003)gives a clear view of the productivity situation of the countries in the European Union.
A study by the European Commission, DG ECFIN, An analysis of EU and US productivity developments: a total economy and industry level perspective (Cécile Denis, Kieran McMorrow and Werner Röger, DG for Economic and Financial Affairs, 2004) makes a detailed policy-related analysis.
A study, Fostering excellence: Challenges for productivity growth in Europe , which was prepared for the Dutch presidency of the European Union as a background document for the Informal Competitiveness Council Maastricht (1st-3rd July 2004).
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