BLADE Expo
Business Longitudinal Analysis Data Environment
13th February 2020
Date
8.30am – 2.30pm
Time
Michael Hintze Theatre LG03
Venue
Overview
The Business Longitudinal Analysis Data Environment (BLADE) is an ABS microdata product that combines tax data from businesses with information from ABS surveys and other government sources to provide a comprehensive research base on Australian businesses and the economy.
The 2020 BLADE EXPO was opened by Dr David Gruen, the Australian Statistician.
The Expo was held at UNSW (Sydney) and facilitated by Prof. Kevin Fox, Director Centre for Applied Economic Research (CAER), UNSW Business School. The Expo introduced BLADE to new users, detailing what it is and how it is created; and showcased a number of research projects undertaken by experienced BLADE users across government and academia. BLADE researchers study business performance over time; and the factors that drive innovation, job creation, competitiveness and productivity.
Access to BLADE is now easier
BLADE microdata is available via the ABS DataLab for academics and researchers from public policy institutes.
The DataLab is an online environment, providing researchers access BLADE data from wherever they are.
BLADE at a Glance
BLADE contains longitudinal data of Australian businesses. It includes Information on businesses from 2001-02 to 2016-17, including: Tax Data, ABS Business Survey Data on Business Characteristics, Research and Development and Innovation, Intellectual Property Longitudinal Research Data from IP Australia and Merchandise Imports and Exports.
Event details
| Segments | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Welcome and Introduction | Dr David Gruen (ABS Australian Statistician) |
Introduction to BLADE
|
Alan Herning (ABS Director BLADE) |
| The Working Dead: Zombie Firms in Australia | Gabriela Araujo (Reserve Bank of Australia) |
| Financial constraint, Employment and Innovation: Evidence from Australian Businesses | Prof Robert Breunig and Jacquelyn Zhang (Australian National University) |
| SA-BLADE Pilot Project: Integration and analysis with sub-national micro-data | Emmanuel Santos (SA Department of Premier and Cabinet) |
| Panel discussion | Chair: Prof Kevin Fox Panel Members:
|
Resources
- Dr David Gruen - BLADE Expo opening speech
- Alan Herning - Introduction to Blade
- Prof Robert Breunig and Jacquelyn Zhang - Financial constraint, Employment and Innovation: Evidence from Australian Businesses
- Emmanuel Santos - SA-BLADE Pilot Project: Integration and analysis with sub-national micro-data
- Nalini Agarwal - My experience with BLADE
- Ian Morgan - The BLADE Experience at DISER
