The Economists
The Economists
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Big data
29 minutes Posted Aug 26, 2021 at 7:30 am.
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Huge amounts of information, known as administrative data, are being used by government and researchers to know what you need, even before you need it.  How are linkages between data sets, and tracking types of people and businesses over time helping to improve decision making?  
Guests:
Dr David Gruen, Australian Statistician, Head of the Australian Bureau of Statistics
Bob Breunig, Director, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute, Australian National University