| Аннотация | Recent years have seen a rapid emergence of new disruptive technologies, with digitalisation being a common characteristic. These include new platforms that facilitate Peer-to-Peer transactions, new activities such as crowd sourcing, a growing category of the ‘oc¬casional self-employed’ and prevalence of‘free’ media services, funded by advertising and ‘Big data’. Against a backdrop of slowing rates of measured productivity growth, this has raised questions about the conceptual basis of GDP and whether current compilation methods are adequate.
This paper examines the statistical challenges posed by digitalisation. It delineates between conceptual and compilation issues and highlights areas where further investigations are merited. The overall conclusion is that, on balance, the accounting framework for GDP looks to be up to the challenges posed by digitalisation. Many practical measurement issues remain, however, in particular concerning price changes and where digitalisation meets internationalization. |
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