Economic Analysis and Statistics Division, Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry Geneva, 10 September 2003 Martin Schaaper OECD A proposal for a core list of indicators for ICT measurement

OECD work on ICT indicators r ICT products r ICT sector activities r Skills r Infrastructure r Intensity of ICT use r ICT related patents r ICT prices and deflators r ICT content

Data sources r Telecom surveys r Price and/or PPP surveys r Trade databases r General business surveys of various types r General population surveys of various types r Special ICT surveys r Patent databases r Administrative records r Private sources

Measuring ICT READINESS ICT investment, ICT spending, ICT occupations, telecommunication access paths, broadband penetration rates, Internet hosts, number of Websites, Internet access prices USE Internet subscribers, PC in households, Internet use by households and individuals, Internet use by enterprise size and industry, Internet transactions IMPACTS Value added, employment, R&D and patents in ICT industries, trade in ICT goods, cross-border mergers, acquisitions and alliances

Readiness indicators r Infrastructure l Fixed telephone access and costs l Cellular phone access and cost l Number of PCs l Internet hosts, subscribers, users and costs r Trade l Imports and exports of ICT goods r Qualifications l Educational attainment l Enrolments in primary/secondary/tertiary education

Supply side indicators r The ICT sector definition l ICT manufacturing l ICT services r Core variables l Production value l Value added l Employment

Households’ and individuals’ readiness and use of ICT r Indicators l Household access to PCs l Household access to the Internet l Individuals’ point of access to the Internet l Individuals’ activities on the Internet r Breakdowns l Households by composition of the household l Individuals broken down by gender l Individuals broken down by age-group l Individuals broken down by education level

Businesses’ readiness and use of ICT r Indicators l Businesses with PCs; Internet access l Employees using PCs; the Internet l Business mode of access to the Internet l Businesses with websites l Receiving orders / placing orders over the Internet l Value of orders received over the Internet r Breakdowns l Activity l Size-class

ICT patents r Definition l Selection of IPC classes r Variables l ICT patents

The supplementary list r Households’ and individuals’ use of ICT l Extra indicators –Barriers to Internet access –Household access modes to the Internet –Frequency of Internet use of individuals –Purpose of Internet use of individuals –Value of Internet purchases by individuals l Extra breakdowns –Households broken down by income level –Individuals’ occupations

The supplementary list (cont.) r Businesses’ readiness and use of ICT l Extra indicators –Barriers to ICT use –Barriers to Internet access –Activities on the Internet –Value of orders placed over the Internet

The supplementary list (cont.) r ICT in schools l Indicators –15-year old students using a computer at home/school/library –15-year old students using a computer for Internet, , chatting, schoolwork, programming l Source –OECD programme for international student assessment (PISA)

Next steps r Comments l Missing indicators l Superfluous indicators l Misplaced indicators r Data collection l International database?

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