Measuring the full-time equivalent (FTE) R&D personnel based on the time-use survey methodology

Abstract

     In R&D personnel statistics, full-time equivalent employee calculator (FTE) is key to adequately measuring the actual volume of R&D personnel, maintaining the international comparison. The article analyses research on identifying the conversion ratio to measure the FTE R&D personnel from the R&D personnel per capita database, including: FTE definition, Time-use survey methodology in R&D personnel statistics; R&D researcher time-use survey methodology option