Statistika: Statistics and Economy Journal - No. 4/2018

The paper brings both the methodology and data on the construction of regional flows in the interregional model. We focus on the comparison of the entropy method and the commonly used gravity method. The entropy method is based on minimizing import distances at the determined rate of entropy of the interregional flows of intermediaries. The gravity method is used in its standard form with an additional factor for adjusting the warehouses, and its parameters are estimated for physical flows. The resulting estimates are then applied on the regional input-output tables and are used to construct a standard Leontief interregional model. To analyse the difference between the two models, we use a graphical representation. Furthermore, we assess the percentage deviation of the average Leontief multiplier in the regional submatrices. We proved that, although the interregional output flows appear different and the relative structure of Leontief matrix is different, the resulting impacts on the regions do not fundamentally differ.

Keywords
Regional Input-Output tables, Input-Output analysis, entropy theory, gravity method

Material flow analysis is a useful tool to measure resource use and mitigate the related problems. In order to increase its analytical potential, it is advisable to construct physical input-output tables. (PIOT). PIOT, defined by SEEA (UN et al., 2014), are based on two basic building stones: physical supply tables and physical use tables (PSUT). Besides other information, PSUT include data on waste and secondary materials. We collected waste and secondary material data for the Czech Republic, 2014, and incorporated them into various PSUT Tables. We argue that PSUT are a useful tool for organizing and depicting these data in a clear and comprehensive way. We constructed a Sankey diagram based on PSUT which provides some important insights into waste and secondary material flows in the Czech Republic. These insights can be used in reports assessing waste flows in the Czech Republic and for further shaping and updating of waste policies. We therefore think that our argument on usefulness of PSUT for organizing data on waste and secondary materials proved valid.

Keywords
System of environmental-economic accounting (SEEA), physical supply and use tables (PSUT), solid waste, secondary materials, Czech Republic

The presented paper first discusses possible hypotheses on the relationship between compensation and labor productivity, arguing equiproportionality between the two cannot be considered a viable economic hypothesis. The main part of the analysis focuses on the EU countries, presenting a detailed view of the developments in the past twenty years from the point of view of both nominal and real unit labor costs. It shows that the relationship between compensation and labor productivity varies greatly among the economies and no general conclusions may be drawn. In case of the Czech Republic the estimates show that responsiveness of compensation to productivity is relatively high as compared with the EU panel and the growth of compensation surpasses the growth of productivity in both nominal and real terms as compared with the EU or Germany as a benchmark.

Keywords
Compensation, labor productivity, statistical analysis, unit labor costs

European, national governments and regional authorities, in recent times, are actively encouraging technology transfer from universities to industries as a fulfilment of the well embraced “third mission” of universities. To pursue this, governments have mediated this process by enacting and enforcing legislative instruments and efficiently appropriating research outcomes by providing public funding support structures to aid universities in their research commercialization efforts. The paper aims to examine various public funding schemes available for firm’s innovation collaborations and how they influence firm’s cooperation. Using data from the Eurostat’s Community Innovation Survey (2012–2014) and the binary logistic regression model, we found that funding from the central government was a significant determinant influencing firm’s collaborations with universities, other enterprises in the enterprises group and with government research centres. Conversely, funding from local authorities and the EU was largely insignificant in influencing firm’s collaborations with other enterprises and the government. Practical policy recommendations will be also provided to strengthen firm’s collaboration.

Keywords
Public funding, government, university, firms, collaboration, innovation

The aim of this paper is to bring a contribution to the clarification of the terms such as public finance, public sector or government which are widely used in economic analysis or in public finance management. In the Czech environment, those terms are understood differently across statistical, legislative or accounting domains. The paper illustrates a nuanced understanding currently existing. Apart from the illustrations of varying use, the content of terms in question and their mutual relation are explained and analysed from the point of view of a relevant statistical methodology. The paper concludes offering a more robust content of the term “public finance” in relation to the statistical data which are generally used as an illustration of public finance development.

Keywords
Public finance, public sector, government sector

During the last years, the quality unit of Destatis made valuable experiences at national and international level with the compilation of quality reports concerning the following questions: Which concepts of the quality reports are typically posing problems for the subject matter units? How can existing guidelines be improved (in wording and form) in order to better support the compilation of quality reports?
Based on the experiences made by Destatis, the aim of the paper is to present which additional support could be provided to the compilers of quality reports – besides the already existing ESS or national guidelines for quality reports: a) A checklist for quality reports based on the guidelines for quality reporting and b) extensions and further specifications on the content of the guidelines for quality reporting and c) provision of standard texts for designated concepts.

Keywords
Quality report, ESQRS, ESMS, metadata, guidelines, checklist, standard text

Unparalleled changes in technology such as remote sensing, mobile devices (e.g. tablets, smartphones), Web questionnaires, online dissemination of results (e.g. infographics, social media) as well as electronic data archiving and anonymization of micro-data, are increasingly transforming the way countries conduct agricultural censuses and sample surveys. Their use facilitate both data collection and data dissemination by enhancing reliability, timeliness, readability and comprehensibility of census results. This is discussed in Volume 2 of the new FAO guidelines on the World Programme for Census of Agriculture 2020 (WCA 2020) and summarized in this paper.

Keywords
World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2020 (WCA 2020), international guidelines

monarchy the paper aims to specify basic features of statistics outlined during the World War I by Dobroslav Krejčí, a representative of the Statistical Office in the Bohemian Kingdom.
Dobroslav Krejčí and Karel Engliš processed the above features and included them into the law regulating the organization of statistical service adopted after the birth of the republic in 1919. It summarizes basic principles of statistical act including specification of statistical bodies and informs also about the role and activities of the “Statistical State Council“ and “State Statistical Office“, i.e. institutions specified by respective governmental provisions. The attention is paid also to the beginnings of activities of the statistical office and implementation of respective hundred years‘ old statistical principles at present.

Keywords
Beginnings of Statistics, Dobroslav Krejčí, Act No. 49/1919, establishment of the SSO

This paper will describe the actions taken by the State Statistical Office to promote the statistical culture in the country. In addition, a description will be given of the unique postgraduate studies in "Statistical Methods for Business and Economics".

Keywords
Postgraduate studies, statistical literacy, SSO strategy

In this paper, we review major policy decisions, key investments in technological platforms, and best practices in quality management around the reputation of the World Development Indicators. These findings are presented with the prospects of assessing how international statistical organizations model high demand statistical products, gather resources for their production, and establish subsequent quality control frameworks – including customer relations – needed for their sustainability.

Keywords
Quality management, statistical products, international development, technology, customers’ relations