| Description | One of the quality criteria for European statistics is comparability across countries. Comparable statistics are required for monitoring purposes (e.g., Principal European Economic Indicators), to calculate European aggregates, to benchmark national performances, to learn from one’s neighbours and to conduct comparative research. Providing good survey data is difficult. Providing good survey data that are comparable across countries is extremely difficult. In many cases there is a trade-off between quality criteria, e.g., between accuracy and timeliness, or between national best practices and comparability. Cross-national comparability may also be hampered by differences in cultural and national contexts, both substantive and methodological. |
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| Organisers | Ineke Stoop (The Netherlands Institute for Social Research/ESAC) |
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| Chair | Ineke Stoop (The Netherlands Institute for Social Research/ESAC) |
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| Presentation #1 | Models of harmonization: now and in the future
Emanuele Baldacci (Eurostat)
Ineke Stoop (The Netherlands Institute for Social Research)
Lilli Japec (Statistics Sweden) |
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| Presentation #2 | Extending the coverage to non-private citizens: exclusion of the institutional population and the comparability of administrative data in Europe
Jan-Lucas Schanze (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences) |
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| Presentation #3 | Computer Assisted Measurement and Coding of Educational Qualifications in Multicultural Surveys: a new set of survey tools
Silke Schneider (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences)
Roberto Briceno-Rosas (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences)
Verena Ortmanns (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences) |
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| Presentation #4 | Looking across the border: Why cross-national comparability is so important for statistics and surveys
Ineke Stoop (The Netherlands Institute for Social Research) |
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