Compilation Manual For An Index Of Services Production

The OECD Compilation Manual for Index of Services Production contains guidelines and methodologies to measure short-term production activities of the services sector by national agencies and international organisations. The Manual fills a gap in existing international statistical standards for guidelines and recommendations on the compilation of output indicators for the services sector of OECD member countries.

Section 1. Introduction -Needs and Aims for Indicators of Short-Term Services Production -International Efforts to Measure Short-Term Services Production Activities -Purpose and Use of the Manual -Organisation of the Manual Secton 2. Infrastructure -Statistical Units -Definition -Various Types of Statistical Units -Preferred Statistical Units -Classification -Classifications Used by OECD Countries -Preferred Classifications -Concordance between ISIC Rev. 3.1 and ISIC Rev. 4 Section 3. Terminologies for Index of Services Production -Terminologies related to ISP -Services Activities -Market and Non-Market Services -Definition of ISP -Types and Definitions of Variables to Measure Services Production -Deflated Gross Output -Other Relevant Variables Section 4. Sources and Methods for Compiling an ISP -Description of "Preferred", "Alternative", and "Other" Methods -Evaluation of the Suitability of Sources and Methods -Criteria for Conceptual Appropriateness -Recommendations for Variables and Deflators by Services Activity -Proposed Criteria for Deciding Conceptually Appropriate Indicators -Deflation -Recommended Variables and Deflators and their Sources Section 5. Index Compilation -Types of Indices -Laspeyres, Paasche, and Fisher Indices -Recommendations for ISP Compilation -Transformation of Input Data -Managing Problems in Input Data -Adjustment -Consolidation -Weighting -Comparability with GDP -Overall Quality Assessment of ISPs -Procedures Carried Out at Various Compilation Stages -Overview of the Compilaton Process -Preprocessing -4-digit and 3-digit models -2-digit and 1-digit models -Evaluation of the Usefulness of the Manual Section 6. Presentation and Dissemination -Presentation of ISPs -Presentation as an Index -Form of Presentation -Dissemination to Users Bibliography Annex 1. List of Proposed Deflators Annex 2. Recommended Variables and Deflators and their Sources