Globalization and Measurement in Economic Statistics
Our system of economic statistics does not adequately measure certain rapidly expanding forms of international trade associated with the global integration of the production, compromising the accuracy of, and possibly biasing, key statistics and analysis based on these measures. The Upjohn Institute, in collaboration with the National Academy of Public Administration, received grants from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis to study measurement problems arising from the growth of globalization. The project helped fund sessions on globalization at the 2008 World Congress on National Accounts and Economic Performance Measures for Nations in Washington, DC. In addition, the project funded new research and a conference focusing on measurement problems associated with the growth of outsourcing and offshoring that was held in the fall of 2009.Conference papers and presentations
Conference on Measurement Issues Arising from the Growth of Globalization
Background papers
Outsourcing and Offshoring: Problems for Price and Productivity Measurement
Outsourcing, Offshoring, and Productivity Measurement in U.S. Manufacturing
Measuring Offshore Outsourcing and Offshoring: Problems for Economic Statistics
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