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The Bias of the Gini Coefficient Due to Grouping : Revisiting First-Order Corrections

Van Ourti, Tom - 2008

correction term is obtained from studying the estimator of the Gini index within a measurement error framework. In addition, it …

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Integrating Expenditure and Income Data: What to do with the Statistical Discrepancy?

Beaulieu, J. Joseph; Bartelsman, Eric J. - 2004

The purpose of this paper is to build consistent, integrated datasets to investigate whether various disaggregated data can shed light on the possible sources of the statistical discrepancy. Our strategy is first to use disaggregated data to estimate consistent sets of input-output models that...

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Tracing the Changing Measures of Unemployment in Dutch Unemployment Statistics 1900-1940

Rodenburg, Peter - 2001

In the period before the second World War, the Dutch Bureau of Statistics had developed two sets of indicators ofunemployment in the Netherlands. One was based on statistical data of unemployment insurance funds of tradeunions and the other one on statistical data of labour exchanges. This paper...

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Models as Measuring Instruments

Rodenburg, Peter - 2004

- provided the models is calibrated - this suffice for measurement. This paper explores this construction of a measuring device … in models by analysing the measurement of duration dependence of unemployment. Since search theory can’t be made … measurement to take place by modelling behaviour according to some assumptions, which operate as constraints. While this Weibull …

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Forecasting Aggregate Productivity Using Information from Firm-Level Data

Bartelsman, Eric J. - 2017

This paper contributes to the productivity literature by using results from firm-level productivity studies to improve forecasts of macro-level productivity growth. The paper employs current research methods on estimating firm-level productivity to build times-series components that capture the...

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The Degree Measure as Utility Function over Positions in Networks

van den Brink, Rene - 2017

In this paper, we connect the social network theory on centrality measures to the economic theory of preferences and utility. Using the fact that networks form a special class of cooperative TU-games, we provide a foundation for the degree measure as a von Neumann-Morgenstern expected utility...

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Axiomatizations of a Positional Power Score and Measure for Hierarchies

van den Brink, René; Steffen, Frank - 2008

Power is a core concept in the analysis and design of organizations. One of the problems with the extant literature on positional power in hierarchies is that it is mainly restricted to the analysis of power in terms of the bare positions of the actors. While such an analysis informs us about...

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Derived Measurement in Macroeconomics : Two Approaches for Measuring the NAIRU Considered

Rodenburg, Peter - 2010

This paper investigates two different procedures for the measurement of the NAIRU; one based on structural modeling … while the other is a statistical approach using Vector Auto Regression (VAR)-models. Both measurement procedures are … assessed by confronting them with the dominant theory of measurement, the Representation Theory of Measurement, which states …

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Sustainable Nations : What do Aggregate Indicators Tell Us?

Pillarisetti, Ram; van den Bergh, Jeroen C. J. M. - 2008

What is a 'sustainable nation' and how can we identify and rank 'sustainable nations'? Are nations producing and consuming in a sustainable way? Aggregate indicators have been proposed to answer these questions. This paper quantitatively compares three aggregate indicators of sustainability: the...

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Innovation and Inequality in a Small World

Lindner, Ines - 2017

We present a multi-country theory of economic growth and R&D-driven technological progress in which countries are connected by a network of knowledge exchange. Technological progress in any country depends on the state of technology in the countries it exchanges knowledge with. The diffusion of...

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