International comparisons of the measurement of non-market output during the COVID-19 pandemic

John Mitchell, James Lewis, Jorrit Zwijnenburg, Rachida Dkhissi and Thomas Prendergast
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John Mitchell: OECD
James Lewis: Office for National Statistics
Jorrit Zwijnenburg: OECD
Rachida Dkhissi: OECD
Thomas Prendergast: Office for National Statistics

No 2022/03, OECD Statistics Working Papers from OECD Publishing

Abstract: The measurement of non-market output, characterised by providing goods and services without economically significant prices, has always proved challenging for compilers of the National Accounts. Various approaches are available to meet these challenges, often resulting in slight differences in methodology between countries. Government policies, introduced in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic exacerbated some of these existing differences, potentially influencing the GDP estimates across countries. This joint paper by the United Kingdom Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) explains the methodological options available to statistical compilers and explores differences in methodologies used by countries to measure non-market output, analysing their implications for international comparisons of GDP growth during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords: COVID; education; GDP; National Accounts methodology; non-market output (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C82 E01 H51 H52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-02-21
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