README.md

In graebnerc/competitivenessData: Containes data on competitiveness issues in the EU

EU competitiveness data

The package provides data on competition and competitiveness on the EU level. The data can either be downloaded directly from the directory data, or, preferable if you use R, be accessed by installing the package:

devtools::install_github("graebnerc/competitivenessData")

The you can access the data either via:

```` competitivenessData::competitiveness_data_macro competitivenessData::rci_data_annual

Or you can load it via:

data("competitiveness_data_macro", package = "competitivenessData") data("competitiveness_data_macro", package = "competitivenessData") ```

Make sure to update the package to get the most recent version.

Variable description

For the moment, at least the *.rds files include the labels of the variables, which explain the variables in more detail. Labels were created via Hmisc::label() and can be retrieved either via View() or via Hmisc::label(NAME_OF_DATAFRAME).

Variables considered so far

Annual and national competitiveness data

Data can be found in the folder data/competitiveness_data_annual.

• The indicators for the Macroeconomic Imbalance Scoreboard
• The indicators for the Price and competitiveness report, but so far only the annual data has been considered; weight matrices, monthly and quarterly data have not been considered so far
• Three indicators providing information about the status of a country in the MIP and the SGP surveillance (constructed by the authors)

Data on the regional level

The EU has developed a Regional Competitiveness Indicator, which measures competitivenss in various dimensions on the NUTS-2 level. It is built on 70 indicators. The raw data is available for all, but a bit tricky to compile. There are four editions:

• The 2010 edition
• The 2013 edition
• The 2016 edition
• The 2019 edition

Currently, only the aggregated data is contained here, but it might be helpful to have a look at the methodological annex of the editions, particularly the latest one. We might be interested in some of the raw data as well.

The RCI data is in data/rci_data_annual.

graebnerc/competitivenessData documentation built on June 7, 2021, 2:28 a.m.