Sprint on Understanding the General Framework for measuring Public Services
April 13, 2026, 07:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. New York Time
July 15, 2026, 07:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. New York Time
October 13, 2026, 07:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. New York Time
- Public Sector Productivity: User Perspectives and Policy Uses
- Measuring Public Sector Production and Productivity - Statistical Concepts
- UK Public Services Productivity Review
- Why Public Sector Productivity Matters
This sprint session on the General Framework for Measuring Public Services will provide a broad overview of the current measurement landscape for public service, and will explore global developments, and emerging issues with how public services are assessed. It will examine how National Statistical Institutes, International Organisations, and researchers are responding to these issues through work on user perspectives, policy relevance, statistical concepts, and recent national reviews. This session will set the scene for later sessions on public service measurement focussing on Education and Health.
Agenda:
07:00 am to 07:10 am: Opening remarks and session objectives
- Richard Heys (Office for National Statistics)
07:10 am to 07:40 am: User Perspectives and Policy Uses
- Maxime Nguyen (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development)
07:40 am to 08:10 am: Statistical Concepts
- Paul Schreyer (Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence)
08:10 am to 08:40 am: The UK Public Service Productivity Review
- Katherine Kent (Office for National Statistics)
08:40 am to 09:10 am: Why PSP should matter to governments globally
- Bart van Ark (The Productivity Institute)
09:10 am to 09:20 am: Closing remarks
- Richard Heys (Office for National Statistics)
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- Volume Measures for Non-Market Education Output in France
- The Experience in the UK
- What about Universities : The Experience in Australia
- Education and Human Capital
The measurement of education services as a public service is an important issue, given both their substantial weight in government expenditure and, more importantly, their investment dimension, which is not conceptually recognised in the System of National Accounts (SNA).
One of the main challenges stems from the absence of market prices, which makes it difficult to develop indicators that adequately capture productivity in this sector. This sprint training session will present several experiences from Australia, France, and the United Kingdom that propose measurement approaches addressing this challenge. It will review the different methodological options available, based on input, output, or outcome measures. It will also discuss the limitations of some human capital-based measures.
Agenda:
7:00–7:10 AM – Opening remarks and session objectives
- Sébastien Roux (INSEE)
7:10–7:40 AM – Volume Measures for Non-Market Education Output in France
- Jérémy Fouliard (INSEE)
7:40–8:10 AM – The Experience in the UK
- Adam Clark (Office for National Statistics)
8:10–8:40 AM – What about Universities : The Experience in Australia
- Jason Annabel (Australian Bureau of Statistics)
8:40–9:10 AM – Education and Human Capital
- Barbara Fraumeni (Central University of Finance and Economics and NBER)
9:10–9:20 AM – Closing remarks
- Sébastien Roux (INSEE)