TowardsAn Integrated and Expanded Accounts for the New Digital Economy

ARIEL COREMBERG

Congreso; ?Digital and gig economy: measurement and challenges for labor market? of the Employment Working Group workshop G20; 2018

G20

Most of the New Digital Activities are measured by GDPMost of new activities are intermediation so the challenge is how to measure the margins + Value Added is not so high. Digital Economy blurring the frontier between firms and households: households as producersFrom Durables to capitalNew knowledge assets as intangibles are not recognized as K by SNA08Dig impact on Schumpeterian Creative DestructionAt present, the key point is Digitalization PotentialIntegration and Expanded Accounts to include Dig not only by supply side but mainly by demand as inputs Every new household activity for the market expands Production and GDP frontierEvery new dig activity use by firms NoC is the milestone of Welfare + Quality of Life=leisure activitiesGDP and Welfare: GDP and Beyond