Project Information: Microdata platform for productivity

Participating Countries: Slovakia, Slovenia, France, Germany, Portugal, Latvia and Austria.

Coordinated by: Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH)

Project Outline: Enhancing the Micro Foundation of the Research Output of National Productivity Board (NPBs). Using CompNet and expanding its Micro Data Infrastructure (MDI).

Motivation: Access to cross-country comparable micro-based data entails many challenges due to confidentiality concerns. The Microdata platform for productivity aims to provide national authorities of participating productivity boards with the tools to improve their ability to analyze productivity and development and design policy reforms.

Implementation: This ambitious objective is achieved by providing the beneficiaries with

1) harmonized data (micro-aggregated and cross-country comparable) to conduct policy analysis and produce policy recommendations,

2) the necessary training to ensure that the beneficiaries can fully exploit the potential of the micro-based data infrastructure, and

3) finally with a network to share best practices and common goals.

It Started in October 2022 for a period of 24 months.

This project has received funding from the European Commission; Directorate-general for Structural Reform Support under grant agreement No. 101101853 and No. 101140673 (Austria).

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The Microdata platform for productivity aims to provide a better micro infrastructure for policy analysis

• Analyze productivity drivers and firm behaviour
• Generate micro-aggregated data, which are cross-country comparable
• Provide training to navigate the data infrastructure.
• Create a network to share knowledge