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ReadMe to Real-time READ-GER: Regional Economic Accounts Database for Germany
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READ-GER uses several abbreviations that should make the usage of the database easier. Unique identifier are given to both the German states and the macroeconomic aggregates.
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The state identifiers are:
The aggregate identifiers are:
Further abbreviations used:
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Baden-Wuerttemberg
V1
Real gross domestic product
GDP
Gross domestic product
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2BavariaV2
Nominal gross domestic product
GWS
Gross wages and salaries
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3BerlinV3
Total employment (domestic)
GVA
Gross value added
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4BrandenburgV4
Total hours worked
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Annual (frequency)
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5BremenV5InhabitantsESA
European System of National Accounts
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6HamburgV6
Number of workers (domestic)
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7HesseV7
Gross wages and salaries (domestic)
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Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
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Gross value added (industries)
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Lower Saxony
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North Rhine-Westphalia
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Rhineland-Palatinate
The current vintage is:
March 2025 (last year: 2024)
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12Saarland
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13Saxony
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Saxony-Anhalt
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Schleswig-Holstein
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16Thuringia
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The variables are organized in single excel sheets. The names of the sheets are always variable-state combinations. For example: V1-1 means real gross domestic product for Baden-Wuerttemberg, V1-2 is real GDP for Bavaria and so on.
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Gross value added is divided into 7 industries that represent the total economy and are in line with the production approach of calculating gross domestic product.
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The industries follow the current classification of economic activities that the Federal Statistical Office applies: the German Classification of Economic Activities, Edition 2008.
External Link
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The industry codes are:
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a
Agriculture, forestry and fishing (WZ-Code: A)
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Producing industry excl. construction (mining and quarrying, manufacturing, energy and water supply; WZ-Code: B-E)
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Manufacturing (WZ-Code: C)
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Construction (WZ-Code: F)
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Trade, transportation and storage, accommodation, information and communication (WZ-Code: G-J)
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Financial and insurance services, real estate activities, business services (WZ-Code: K-N)
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Public services, education, health activities, arts and entertainment, other services, activities of households (WZ-Code: O-T)
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Total gross value added is the sum of a, b, d, e, f, and g.
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The original data were collected from vintages of two major products of the Working Group Regional Accounts in Germany.
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The latest publications of the working group can be found on their homepage.
External Link
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Original sources (own translation):
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Gross domestic product, gross value added for the German sates, several vintages, Series 1, Volume 1 (S1V1, in German: R1B1).
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Compensation of employees, gross wages and salaries for the German states, several vintages, Series 1, Volume 2 (S1V2, in German: R1B2).
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The data can be used free of charge, given that the following publication is cited:
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Lehmann, R. (2024): A Real-Time Regional Accounts Database for Germany with Applications to GDP Revisions and Nowcasting, Empirical Economics 67(2), 817-838.
DOI Link
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