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Measurement of globalization and its variations among countries, regions and over time
Bhandari, Amit K.; Heshmati, Almas - 2005
The process of globalization is an international economic order which has led to the progressive integration of the world economy through the pulling the barrier of trade and greater mobility of factors of production. In addition the technological innovation also provides impetus to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267513
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Principles and practicalities for measuring child poverty in the rich countries
Corak, Miles - 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/10010267535
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An innovation index based on knowledge capital investment: definition and results for the UK market sector
Clayton, Tony; Dal Borgo, Mariela; 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/10010271890
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Regional measures of human capital in the European Union
Dreger, Christian; Erber, Georg; Glocker, Daniela - 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...
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Some evidence on the importance of sticky wages
Barattieri, Alessandro; Basu, Susanto; Gottschalk, Peter - 2010
correcting for measurement error, wages appear to be very sticky. In the average quarter, the probability that an individual will … consumer price inflation rate. …
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Not Everyone Is Engaged: An Innovative Approach to Measure Engagement Levels on the Labor Market
Chartouni, Carole; Holzmann, Robert; Paez, Gustavo N. - 2019
outcomes. Based on a recent labor market survey in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), this paper develops an innovative index … to measure individuals' labor market engagement across three dimensions: preferences, intensity, and barriers. The index … the score for out-of-sample individuals. The index is computed individually and in aggregate for six labor market groups …
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Institutional arrangements, employment performance and the quality of work
Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul; Tobsch, Verena - 2009
The observation of highly regulated, but successful economies has given rise to the hypothesis of various viable models of labor market adaptability. The paper presents a quantitative indicator that tries to avoid a simplified flexibility-rigidity dichotomy and provides a detailed picture of the...
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Using shares vs. Log of shares in fixed-effect estimations
Gerdes, Christer - 2010
This paper looks at potential implications emerging from including shares as a control variable in fixed effect estimations. By shares I refer to the ratio of a sum of units over another, such as the share of immigrants in a city or school. As will be shown in this paper, a logarithmic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274619
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Age-Differentiated QALY Losses
van Praag, Bernard M. S.; 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/10010276959
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A Human Capital Index for the Italian Provinces
Pasquini, Alessandra; Rosati, Furio C. - 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/10012269979