profiling in switzerland costs and benefits

Federal Department of Home Affairs FDHAFederal Statistical Office FSO

Profiling in Switzerland

Costs and benefits

David Ackermann

25th November 2008

2 Profiling in Switzerland David Ackermann


List of contents

• Profiling today in Switzerland

• Development of profiling in 2008

• Costs of profiling

• Benefits of profiling

• Future challenges



Profiling today in Switzerland (1)

Objectives:

Create a solid partnership with businesses and public administration

organisations

Detailed and up-to-date monitoring of the structures of large businesses and

public administration organisations

Detailed and up-to-date monitoring of the statistical units existing within these

businesses and public administration organisations

Good quality statistical univers in the Business Register (survey

framework)



Profiling today in Switzerland (2)

Data collection for two surveys:

Business census (every three years)

Quarterly employment statistics (every three months)

Necessary to the employment statistics programme

Variables monitored: location, employment, economic activity



Profiling today in Switzerland (3)BusinessFSO

Business Register BR

Continuous updating

Effective data collection methods

Employment statistics programme

Personnel

Other business statistics

Survey Framework

PARTNERSHIP

PROFILING



Developments in 2008

FSO’s commitment to profiling

• Profiling as a key element of the modernisation programme for business

statistics

• Hiring of new staff in April 2008

increase from 2 to 9 members of staff

• Visits to 80 groups or businesses (June-July)

• Development of computer application

• Work on future collaboration with other statistics



General programme for business statistics

Output definition of

Business S

tatistics

Strategy fordesigning

the system

BR(Business Register)

Frame

Secondary datasources

SSS(Swiss Statistical Society)

Profiling (Private andpublic)

Survey design;sample design;

estimation procedure

Survey logistics and infrastructure(IT, survey documentation…)



Profiling costs for the FSO

Hiring and training staff

Software development

Convince other statistical units

Time invested to consolidate statistics



Profiling costs for the businesses

Costs related to the consolidation of statistics

Computer modifications

Maintaining the partnership with the FSO



The advantages of profiling for the FSO

Quality management for the register and the survey frameworkQuality management for statistical data

Better data quality (comparability between statistics and surveys) Improved response rateStandardisation of definitions across different statisticsThe Profiler is able to explain trends

Partnership between the business and the FSO

Better image of the FSO (administration)



The advantages of profiling for the business

Less work and time saved for the units involved

No more paper questionnaires

A contact person for the business

Better understaning of the reasons behind the statistics monitored



Future challengesFuture development of internet interface

BusinessFSO

Effective data collection methods

PARTNERSHIP

Partner 1

Partner 2

Partner 3

PROFILER

Partner 4

Unit A

Unit B


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Le Profiling est une méthode permettant d’analyser la structure juridique, opérationnelle et comptable d’un groupe d’entreprises au niveau national et mondial, afin d’établir les unités statistiques présentes au sein de ce groupe, les liens qui les unissent et les structures les plus efficaces pour la collecte des données statistiques.

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