ONS) is reportedly working on a feasibility study to officially gauge the sharing economy's contribution to Britain’s growth. The study outlines six steps needed to produce official data on the sharing economy, which include: producing a formal definition of the sharing economy; adding sharing economy questions to existing data collection surveys; keeping track of European sharing economy data; working closer with sharing economy businesses to access data and build understanding; using existing information on turnover, employment, and industry classification to identify further sharing economy businesses; and potentially scraping data from websites to gather sharing economy data.
The British Office for National Statistics (ONS) is reportedly working on a feasibility study to officially gauge the sharing economy's contribution to Britain’s growth. The study outlines six steps needed to produce official data on the sharing economy, which include: producing a formal definition of the sharing economy; adding sharing economy questions to existing data collection surveys; keeping track of European sharing economy data; working closer with sharing economy businesses to access data and build understanding; using existing information on turnover, employment, and industry classification to identify further sharing economy businesses; and potentially scraping data from websites to gather sharing economy data.