Manuals, Sources and Methods

OECD Main Economic Indicators: Online Sources and Definitions - Consumer Price Indices

31-Jan-2012

 Main Economic Indicators: Electronically available national practices for individual OECD member countries - Updated in real time.

Quality Framework for OECD Statistical Activities

20-Jan-2012

The Quality Framework sets guidelines for improving quality of OECD statistics, addressing processes for collection, processing, analysis and dissemination of data and metadata

OECD Main Statistical Activities 2011

26-Jul-2011

This new edition gives an overview of all main statistical activities planned for 2011 by the Statistics Directorate and all other Directorates active in the field of statistics.

OECD Main Economic Indicators - Other Methodological Analysis Publications

11-Jul-2011

Methodological information, related to the publication, "Main Economic Indicators", on individual country practices and specific subjects.

OECD Statistical Information System (SIS)

28-Apr-2011

This page gathers available overview information on the progress of OECD's new Statistical Information System (SIS).

OECD Main Economic Indicators (MEI) - Methodology for compiling area totals in the MEI

09-Feb-2011

This note describes the current methodology used for compiling OECD 'main country groupings' (zones) for the Main Economic Indicators (MEI) publication and datasets. The MEI publishes zones for the following ...

What are Equivalence Scales?

17-Sep-2009

The needs of a household grow with each additional member but – due to economies of scale in consumption– not in a proportional way. With the help of equivalence scales each household type in the population is assigned a value in proportion to its needs.

OECD Main Economic Indicators - Online Sources and Definitions

11-Sep-2009

Main Economic Indicators: Electronically available national practices for individual OECD member countries - Updated in real time.

OECD Main Economic Indicators(MEI): Sources, Definitions and Methodological Practices

26-Mar-2009

MEI: Sources and Definitions provides a brief summary outline of current national practices for each country for which data are published in MEI. Information is published under four broad headings: definition, coverage, collection and calculation.

Management of Statistical Metadata at the OECD

27-Oct-2007

This document outlines basic metadata principles and management principles relating to statistical metadata management in the OECD. The document also contains a set of common metadata items providing a ...