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Measuring a new aspect of ethnicity: The appropriate diversity index
Kolo, Philipp - 2012
. This paper includes the distance between groups as a crucial aspect of a country's ethnic set-up. Language, ethno … distance adjusted ethno-linguistic fractionalization index (DELF) is based on an extensive amount of data, containing more than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332683
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A dissimilarity-adjusted index of ethnic diversity : measurement and implications for findings on conflict, growth and trade
Kolo, Philipp - 2016 - Draft version from December 2015
religion between groups. The resulting distance-adjusted ethno-linguistic fractionalization index (DELF) is based on highly … shows that this does not hold true for ethnic diversity in more developed countries. As regards the cultural distance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421911
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A dissimilarity-adjusted index of ethnic diversity: Measurement and implications for findings on conflict, growth and trade
Kolo, Philipp - 2016
religion between groups. The resulting distance-adjusted ethno-linguistic fractionalization index (DELF) is based on highly … shows that this does not hold true for ethnic diversity in more developed countries. As regards the cultural distance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011422513
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Measuring a new aspect of ethnicity : the appropriate diversity index
Kolo, Philipp - 2012
. This paper includes the distance between groups as a crucial aspect of a country's ethnic set-up. Language, ethno … distance adjusted ethno-linguistic fractionalization index (DELF) is based on an extensive amount of data, containing more than … approaches linking ethnicity to economic outcomes. -- Composite Index ; Distance ; Ethno-Linguistic Fractionalization (ELF …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009566409
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Ethnic Geography : Measurement and Evidence
Hodler, Roland - 2018
The effects of ethnic geography, i.e., the distribution of ethnic groups across space, on economic, political and social outcomes are not well understood. We develop a novel index of ethnic segregation that takes both ethnic and spatial distances between individuals into account. Importantly, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012930690
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Alternative composite Lisbon development strategy indices
Heshmati, Almas; Oh, Jong-Eun - 2005
This study addresses the measurement of two composite Lisbon strategy indices that quantifies the level and patterns of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267606
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Alternative Composite Lisbon Development Strategy Indices: A Comparison of EU, USA, Japan and Korea
Heshmati, Almas; Oh, JongEun - In: European Journal of Comparative Economics 3 (2006) 2, pp. 131-170
This study addresses the measurement of two composite Lisbon strategy indices that quantifies the level and patterns of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004965106
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Alternative composite Lisbon development strategy indices
Heshmati, Almas (contributor); Oh, Jong-Eun (contributor) - 2005
This study addresses the measurement of two composite Lisbon strategy indices that quantifies the level and patterns of …"This study addresses the measurement of two composite Lisbon strategy indices that quantifies the level and patterns …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003085751
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Alternative Composite Lisbon Development Strategy Indices
Oh, Jong-Eun; Heshmati, Almas - 2021
This study addresses the measurement of two composite Lisbon strategy indices that quantifies the level and patterns of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318301
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Should we care (more) about data aggregation? : evidence from the democracy-growth-nexus
Gründler, Klaus; Krieger, Tommy - 2019
We compile data for 186 countries (1919 - 2016) and apply different aggregation methods to create new democracy indices. We observe that most of the available aggregation techniques produce indices that are often too favorable for autocratic regimes and too unfavorable for democratic regimes....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011966711