Big Data for Twenty-First-Century Economic Statistics
Abraham, Katharine G. / Jarmin, Ron S. / Moyer, Brian C. / Shapiro, Matthew D.
The papers in this volume analyze the deployment of Big Data to solve both existing and novel challenges in economic measurement. The existing infrastructure for the production of key economic statistics relies heavily on data collected through sample surveys and periodic censuses, together with administrative records generated in connection with tax administration. The increasing difficulty of obtaining survey and census responses threatens ...