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Big data is a big deal but how much data do we need?

Askitas, Nikos - 2016

The more conservative among us believe that "Big Data is a fad that will soon fade out" and they may in fact be partially right. By contrast, others - especially those who dispassionately note that digitization is only now beginning to deliver its payload - may beg to differ. We argue that all...

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Trust predicts compliance with COVID-19 containment policies : evidence from ten countries using Big Data

Sarracino, Francesco; Greyling, Talita; O'Connor, Kelsey J. - 2022

Previous evidence indicates trust is an important correlate of compliance with COVID-19 containment policies. However, this conclusion hinges on two crucial assumptions: first, that compliance does not change over time, and second, that mobility or self-reported measures are good proxies for...

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Mapping "information economy" businesses with big data : findings for the UK

Nathan, Max; Rosso, Anna; Bouet, Francois - 2014

Governments around the world want to develop their ICT and digital industries. Policymakers thus need a clear sense of the size and characteristics of digital businesses, but this is hard to do with conventional datasets and industry codes. This paper uses innovative "big data" resources to...

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The transformation of public policy analysis in times of crisis : a microsimulation-nowcasting method using Big Data

O'Donoghue, Cathal; Sologon, Denisa M. - 2023

The urgency of the two crises, especially the COVID-19 pandemic, revealed the inadequacy of traditional statistical datasets and models to provide a timely support to the decision-making process in times of volatility. Drawing upon advances in data analytics for public policy and the increasing...

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Understanding urban economies, land use, and social dynamics in the city : big data and measurement

Saiz, Albert; Salazar-Miranda, Arianna - 2023

Recent advancements in data collection have expanded the tools and information available for urban and spatial-based research. This paper presents an overview of spatial big data sources used in urban science and urban economics, with the goal of directing and enriching future research by other...

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Offshoring and productivity revisited : a time-series analysis

Agnese, Pablo - 2013

The subject of offshoring and productivity has not yet received the attention it deserves. Here I propose a simple framework for estimating the contribution of these strategies to the growth rate of labor productivity from a time-series perspective. This framework is then used to assess the...

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Does outsourcing increase profitability?

Görg, Holger (contributor); Hanley, Aoife (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

We investigate the relationship between outsourcing and profitability paying particular attention to the endogeneity of outsourcing. The empirical analysis uses unique plant level data for the electronics sector in Ireland. A particular feature of the data is that it records detailed information...

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Blessing or curse?: Domestic plants' survival and employment prospects after foreign acquisitions

Girma, Sourafel (contributor); Görg, Holger (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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The quantity-quality tradeoff of children in a developing country : identification using Chinese twins

Li, Hongbin (contributor); Zhang, Junsen (contributor); … - 2007

attainment in China. We find a negative correlation between family size and child outcome, even after we control for the birth … effect of family size on children's education. We also find that the effect of family size is more evident in rural China …-quality tradeoff of children in developing countries. -- Quantity-quality tradeoff ; twins ; China …

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Urban-rural consumption inequality in China from 1988 to 2002 : evidence from quantile regression decomposition

Qu, Zhaopeng (contributor); Zhao, Zhong (contributor) - 2008

One of the most notable social phenomena in China is the large urban-rural disparity. There are many studies of it, but … and rural households in China from 1988 to 2002. Our results suggest that low quantiles are associated with large … ; consumption ; quantile regression decomposition ; China …

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