Establishment Microdata for Economic Research and Policy Analysis: Looking Beyond the Aggregates
对比企业微观数据与统计机构传统的总量截面表格，以美国人口普查局经济研究中心的案例说明微观数据对经济研究和政策分析的价值，呼吁统计机构重新思考数据产品。
The importance and usefulness of establishment microdata for economic research and policy analysis is outlined and contrasted with traditional establishment-based products of statistical agencies—aggregate cross-section tabulations. Using examples of research and analysis conducted at the U.S. Bureau of the Census's Center for Economic Studies, which offers opportunities for researchers from academia and government to access confidential economic microdata, it is argued that statistical agencies must begin to seriously rethink the way they view establishment data products.