University of Toronto. Data Library Service

Title: OECD historical statistics 1960-1997

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Principal investigator(s): Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Producer: Paris: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Date of creation: 2000-03-29

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Distributor: Paris: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Date of distribution: 2000-10-05

Access conditions/restrictions: Access restricted to University of Toronto faculty, students, and staff, for academic research and teaching.

Summary: Contains statistical series from several OECD databases. It provides an overview of economic developments of OECD countries since 1960. The tables mainly contain derlived statistics such as growth rates and percentage shares. They include national accounts, population and labour force, prices, domestic finance and foreign trade.

Keywords: national accounts, population and labour force, prices, domestic finance, foreign trade

Geographic coverage: international: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Time period: 1960-1997

Periodicity: annual

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Data type: time-series aggregate statistics

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Citation: OECD historical statistics 1960-1997: main aggregates of the national accounts, benchmark data for 1997 [computer file]./ Principal investigator: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). 1999 ed. Paris: Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) [producer and distributor], 2000.

Extent of file: 8 data files (Beyond 20/20 format; number of logical records varies) & accompanying documentation (MS Word and csv format)

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Data
HSp1abc1.ivt Main aggregates of the national accounts, benchmark data for 1997
HSp1abc2.ivt Expenditure on the GDP per head, benchmark data for 1997
HSp1d.ivt Major components of the population and labour force, benchmark data for 1997
HSp1e.ivt Exchange rates, 1960-1997
Hsp2s1.ivt Year to year percentage changes in selected economic variables
Hsp2s2.ivt Structure or composition of certain economic aggregates
Hsp2s3.ivt Value of foreign trade by SITC section
Hsp2s4.ivt Foreign trade by partner group, and by SITC section
Documentation
HS99doc.doc User guide [for the Beyond 20/20 version] (MS Word format}
Explanatory_notes.csv Explanatory notes (comma-separated format}


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