The symmetric input-output tables (SIOTs) are complex statistical products that present inter-related statistics in a predefined structure. They are often found in spreadsheets that follow this structure or, in the case of Eurostat, in a data repository. In both cases in, reproducible research must be downloaded and restructured to a programmatically accessible form. Often, these highly structured statistics need to be analysed together with other data, for example, when calculating employment effects and multipliers. In this case, processing the employment data to SIOT conforming format is a significant preprocessing challenge.
The iotables are exactly designed for these tasks. Currently, the package downloads and processes standardized European SIOTs conforming to the latest statistical regulations, i.e. SIOTs starting from 2010.
The aim of this introduction is not to introduce input-output economics,
or SIOTs in detail. The Eurostat Manual of Supply, Use and Input-Output
Tables
and the Eurostat thematic
page
(for further reference: Eurostat Manual) in the documentation should
be consulted for further information about the data and the metadata.
To test the analytical functions of the package and to have a
manageable-sized example data set, we use real-life data from the
Eurostat manual. The germany_1995 dataset is a simplified 6x6 sized
SIOT was taken from the Eurostat Manual (p481). The package function
examples can be checked against published results from Jörg
Beutel.
These calculations can be followed in the Introduction to
iotables
vignette.
The calculation of induced effects (Type-II multipliers) are following the Input-Output Multipliers Specification Sheet and Supporting Material, Spicosa Project Report. The analytical functions are tested against this example, too.
You can install iotables 0.9.3 from CRAN or the latest 0.9.31 development version with github:
# From CRAN:
install.packages("iotables")
# From Github (development version)
devtools::install_github("rOpenGov/iotables")
#with vignettes:
#devtools::install_github("rOpenGov/iotables", build_vignettes = TRUE)See also a long-form documentation (publication candidate) iotables: an R Package for Reproducible Input-Output Economics Analysis, Economic and Environmental Impact Assessment with Empirical Data on Zenodo.
The Introduction to iotables vignette presents most of the examples of the Eurostat Manual of Supply, Use and Input-Output Tables (Eurostat Manual, Chapter 15.) This is a good introduction to understand what will the functions do, and to check that they work correctly. From 0.9.9 it extended with the replication results from the Handbook on Supply and Use Tables and Input-Output Tables with Extensions and Applications published by the United Nations.
The testthat infrastructure of the package checks the proper working
of the functions against the published results from the
Eurostat Manual.
The Working with Eurostat Data vignette shows how you can download, pre-process and use real data from Eurostat.
The United Kingdom Input-Output Analytical Tables
2010
are used for testing the iotables package, because they are
well-documented and detailed, organized data is available with them.
These calculations can be followed in the United Kingdom Input-Output
Analytical
Tables
vignette.
Eurostat’s data can be downloaded in several tidy, long-form, files, and a lot of filtering is needed to start working with it.
Currently the following Eurostat SIOTs can be used:
| Table type | source code |
|---|---|
| product x product SIOTs | naio_10_cp1700 or naio_10_pyp1700 |
| industry x industry SIOTs | naio_10_cp1750 ornaio_10_pyp1750 |
| use tables at basic prices | naio_10_cp1620 or naio_10_pyp1610 |
| trade and transport margins | naio_10_cp1620 or naio_10_pyp1620 |
| net taxes less subsidies | naio_10_cp1630 or naio_10_pyp1630 |
| Supply table at basic prices | naio_10_cp15 |
| Use table at purchasers’ price | naio_10_cp16 |
The cp element refers to basic prices and the pyp to previous years’
prices.
Contributions are very welcome:
- Issue tracker for feedback and bug reports.
- Pull requests
- Github page
Kindly cite this work as follows:
Daniel Antal. (2024. January 8.) rOpenGov/iotables: Importing and Manipulating Symmetric Input-Output Tables (Version 0.9.3). CRAN. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10472240 for released version. Development version URL: https://ropengov.github.io/iotables/
Thanks to @KKulma for setting up new and improved continuous integration, and @pitkant for implementing many good practices on improving the code. See contributors. This project is part of rOpenGov.
Please note that the iotables project is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct. By contributing to this project, you agree to abide by its terms.