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Coverage and representativeness of Orbis data

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  • Matej Bajgar

    (OECD)

  • Giuseppe Berlingieri

    (OECD)

  • Sara Calligaris

    (OECD)

  • Chiara Criscuolo

    (OECD)

  • Jonathan Timmis

    (OECD)

Abstract
This paper describes the coverage and representativeness of Orbis, a commercial database of firm-level records across many countries. Such databases can provide key insights into global economic trends and shed light on how policies affect firms within and across countries. As a benchmark, the paper uses industry-level data from the OECD STAN dataset as well as micro-aggregated data from the OECD MultiProd and DynEmp projects, which draw on official microdata representative of the entire firm population. Results indicate that Orbis is more suitable for studies that: i) take a global perspective rather than make comparisons across countries; ii) analyse top performers and multinationals rather than underperforming firms; and iii) focus on mean performance or changes within firms rather than the entire firm distribution or entry and exit.

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  • Matej Bajgar & Giuseppe Berlingieri & Sara Calligaris & Chiara Criscuolo & Jonathan Timmis, 2020. "Coverage and representativeness of Orbis data," OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers 2020/06, OECD Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:oec:stiaaa:2020/06-en
    DOI: 10.1787/c7bdaa03-en
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    Keywords

    cross-country analysis; distributed microdata analysis; firm-level data;
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    JEL classification:

    • D22 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
    • O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
    • Y1 - Miscellaneous Categories - - Data: Tables and Charts

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