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Measurement of globalization and its variations among countries, regions and over time
Bhandari, Amit Kumar (contributor);  … - 2005
manufacturing industry. -- globalization ; economic integration ; composite index ; manufacturing ; India …
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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Using "shares" vs. "Log of shares" in fixed-effect estimations
Gerdes, Christer - 2010
estimates that, spuriously, are statistically significant more often than they should. -- consistency ; Törnqvist index …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009006949
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Age-differentiated QALY losses
Praag, Bernard M. S. van; Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada - 2001
In this paper we evaluate the QALY losses, which are linked to the prevalence of specific chronic illnesses and impediments. The analysis is based on the individual self-rating health satisfaction question asked in the British Household Panel Survey data set. Our method is a refinement of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011402375
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Regional price differences in urban China 1986 - 2001 : estimation and implication
Honge Gong, Cathy (contributor); Meng, Xin (contributor) - 2008
in urban China over the period 1986 to 2001. Spatial Price Index (SPI) is normally calculated using the Basket Cost … price data, which are often not available. This paper adopts the Engel's curve approach to estimate a Spatial Price Index … index ; Engel's curve ; income inequality ; China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003753767
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A human capital index for the Italian provinces
Pasquini, Alessandra; Rosati, Furio Camillo - 2020
Italy, the use of such an index at national level may not be enough to have a clear picture of the human capital conditions … high heterogeneity into consideration, we develop a Human Capital Index for Italy disaggregated at provincial level. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012228187
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003811075
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Note on Lilien and Modified Lilien index
Ansari, Muhammad Rashid; Mussida, Chiara; Pastore, Francesco - 2013
regional unemployment. -- econometric software ; Stata commands ; Lilien and Modified Lilien index ; structural change …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009708706
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A methodological rejoinder to “Does income relate to health due to psychosocial or material factors?”
Stark, Oded; Jakubek, Marcin - 2020
other two indices that they characterize as "competing:" the "relative deprivation (Yitzhaki Index)" of individual i, RDi … in the RDi index and the Ri index can be elicited from the RDi index, these two indices need not be viewed as competing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012213174
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Regional measures of human capital in the European Union
Dreger, Christian (contributor); Erber, Georg (contributor);  … - 2009
The accumulation of the human capital stock plays a key role to explain the macroeconomic performance across regions. However, despite the strong theoretical support for this claim, empirical evidence has been not very convincing, probably because of the low quality of the data. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793935