European Statistical System and Data Production Model

Code 434PP
Credits 6

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student will have knowledge on
1) the European Statistical System (ESS), the Data Production Model (DPM) and the main economic aggregates to study poverty and on the surveys on households (poverty and living conditions; EUSilc survey, Household Budget Survey, Labour Force Survey).
2) the main survey designs and their estimation strategy for planned domains of study (Regions); R codes for the application of the main direct estimators of the indicators (EURAREA and SAMPLE project libraries).
At the end of the course student will be able to deal with the ESS and to criticize the statistical quality of the published indicators of poverty and living conditions (Laeken Indicators).