Download or read book Establishment Microdata for Economic Research and Policy Analysis: Looking Beyond the Aggregates written by Robert H. McGuckin and published by . This book was released on with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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' Center for Economic Studies, which offers opportunities to researchers from academia and government to access confidential mircrodata, it is argued that statistical agencies must begin to rethink seriously the way they view establishment data products.