The reference guide is designed to serve as a vade-mecum, explaining the background of European regional and urban statistics, including its regional classification NUTS. The structure of the data stored in the public database is comprehensively described.

"The analysis of FDZ BA data is hampered by changing industry classifications. This report describes two methods to deal with this and provides ready-to-use working tools. The first method is the usage of directional correspondence tables. We create several correspondence tables for the...

In der amtlichen Statistik Deutschlands kam es im Berichtszeitraum 2008/2009 zur Anwendung einer neuen Wirtschaftszweigklassifikation. Um die Vergleichbarkeit zu gewährleisten, mussten die Ergebnisse des ifo Konjunkturtests ebenfalls angepasst werden. Für Sachsen und Ostdeutschland zeigen sich...