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Distance-based social index numbers : a unifying approach

Bossert, Walter; D'Ambrosio, Conchita; Weber, Shlomo - 2020

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Islamism and Gender Relations in the Muslim World as Reflected in Recent World Values Survey Data

Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - 2016

Ever since Goldin (1995) proposed the idea that there is a U-shaped female labor force participation rate function in economic development, empirical research is stunned by the question why the countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are characterized by such low rates of female...

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Islamism and gender relations in the muslim world as reflected in recent world values survey data

Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - 2016

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Kevin J. Fox interview of W. Erwin Diewert

Diewert, Walter E.; Fox, Kevin J. - 2016

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Teaching Index Numbers to economists

O'Neill, Robert - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 3 (2015) 1, pp. 1-10

Economic statistics are frequently reported in the form of index numbers. This article considers how the field of Index … emphasised that the differences between Index Numbers theory and the practice of compiling economic statistics such as inflation … Numbers should be approached in the teaching of a general economic degree. While the topic finds a natural home in statistics …

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The Norwegian productivity puzzle - not so puzzling after all?

von Brasch, Thomas - 2015

The Norwegian productivity puzzle is rooted in three seemingly contradictory "facts": First, Norway is one of the most productive OECD countries. Second, Norway has experienced high growth in productivity. Third, Norway has a relatively low level of R&D intensity. In this article, I show that...

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Understanding the productivity slowdown. The importance of entry and exit of workers

von Brasch, Thomas; Cappelen, Ådne; Iancu, Diana-Cristina - 2015

Many OECD countries have experienced a slowdown in measured labour productivity from 2005 and onwards. Norway is no exception in this respect. Most countries use a simple aggregate of hours worked when measuring labour productivity. One way to improve measurement of labour services is to control...

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Teaching Index Numbers to economists

O'Neill, Rob - In: Cogent economics & finance 3 (2015) 1, pp. 1-10

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011450029

Bortkiewicz on Chain Indices and Irving Fisher's Reversal Tests, A Historical Note and a Disapproval of the Time Reversal Test

von der Lippe, Peter - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015

Ladislaus von Bortkiewicz has criticized chain indices and Irving Fisher's time and factor reversal tests. However, his arguments (published in German articles) though well ahead of his time and still relevant today are widely fallen in oblivion. He was not the only German statistician who...

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Decompositions of Profitability Change Using Cost Functions: A Comment

Grifell-TatjeÌ, E.; Lovell, C. A. K. - School of Economics, University of Queensland - 2015

Recently Diewert (2014) decomposed cost change into the product of four drivers. He then combined three of these drivers with a novel measure of returns to scale to decompose profitability change. We use an implicit Konus input quantity index to show that his expression for profitability change...

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