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An innovation index based on knowledge capital investment : definition and results for the UK market sector
Clayton, Tony; Borgo, Mariela Dal; Haskel, Jonathan - 2009
We (a) propose an implementable innovation index, (b) relate it to existing innovation definitions and (c) show whole …-economy and industry-specific results for the UK market sector, 2000-2005. Our innovation measure starts by observing that we … could get more GDP without innovation by simply duplicating existing physical capital and labour (e.g. adding a second …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003811075
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Measurement of globalization and its variations among countries, regions and over time
Bhandari, Amit Kumar (contributor);  … - 2005
technological innovation also provides impetus to the progressive integration of the nations. The elements of globalization include …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002764241
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Principles and practicalities for measuring child poverty in the rich countries
Corak, Miles (contributor) - 2005
This paper has three objectives. The first is to discuss the major issues involved in defining and measuring child poverty. The choices that must be made are clarified, and a set of six principles to serve as a guide for public policy are stated. The second objective is to take stock of child...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002764242
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A methodological rejoinder to “Does income relate to health due to psychosocial or material factors?”
Stark, Oded; Jakubek, Marcin - 2020
There is a presumption that when an individual's comparison of his income with the incomes of others in his comparison group yields an unfavorable outcome, the individual is dismayed and experiences stress that impinges negatively on his health. In a recent study, Hounkpatin et al. (2016)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012213174
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Revisiting the income-health nexus : the importance of choosing the “right” indicator
Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Frick, Joachim R. - 2010
objective health measures. -- Health inequality ; concentration index ; income measurement ; SOEP …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003941754
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The information value of central school exams
Schwerdt, Guido; Woessmann, Ludger - 2015
The central vs. local nature of high-school exit exam systems can have important repercussions on the labor market. By increasing the informational content of grades, central exams may improve the sorting of students by productivity. To test this, we exploit the unique German setting where...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283115
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Does the choice of well-being measure matter empirically? : an illustration with German data
Decancq, Koen; Neumann, Dirk - 2014
We discuss and compare five measures of individual well-being, namely income, an objective composite well-being index, a measure of subjective well-being, equivalent income, and a well-being measure based on the von Neumann-Morgenstern utilities of the individuals. After examining the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010423769
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Measuring trust : experiments and surveys in contrast and combination
Naef, Michael; Schupp, Jürgen - 2009
Trust is a concept that has attracted significant attention in economic theory and research within the last two decades: it has been applied in a number of contexts and has been investigated both as an explanatory and as a dependent variable. In this paper, we explore the questions of what...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003829721
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Beyond GDP and back : what is the value-added by additional components of welfare measurement?
New, Sonja C. de; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2011
. -- Stiglitz Commission ; Stiglitz Report ; Beyond GDP ; welfare measurement ; life satisfaction …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009125637
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Measuring national life satisfaction with music
Benetos, Emmanouil; Ragano, Alessandro; Sgroi, Daniel; … - 2021
National life satisfaction is an important way to measure societal well-being and since 2011 has been used to judge the effectiveness of government policy across the world. However, there is a paucity of historical data making limiting long-run comparisons with other data. We construct a new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012494911