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Composite indices based on partial least squares
Yoon, Jisu; Klasen, Stephan; Dreher, Axel; Krivobokova, … - 2015
In this paper, we compare Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Partial Least Squares (PLS) methods to generate weights for composite indices. In this context we also consider various treatments of non-metric variables when constructing such composite indices. Using simulation studies we find...
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Partial least squares and principal component analysis with non-metric variables for composite indices
Yoon, Jisu - 2015
Ein zusammengesetzter Index ist eine aggregierte Variable, die aus individuellen Indikatoren und Gewichten besteht, wobei die Gewichte die relative Wichtigkeit jedes Indikators darstellen. Zusammengesetzte Indizes werden oft benutzt um latente Phänomene zu schreiben oder komplexe Informationen...
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A contribution to the empirics of development and globalization
Lohmann, Steffen - 2015
of globalization on human development. Given that the concept of globalization reflects a multitude of economic and … the channels through which less researched facets of globalization affect human lives. Specifically, the first essay … scrutinizes the role of informational globalization, characterized by the exchange of information. It focuses on the s... …
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The effect of bigger human bodies on future global calorie requirements
Depenbusch, Lutz; Klasen, Stephan - 2017
Global food demand will see a rapid increase over the coming decades. Existing studies on future calorie demand consider mainly population growth and rising incomes. We add to the literature by estimating the effect of increases in human weight caused by rising BMI and height on future calorie...
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Armutsreduzierung im Zeitalter der Globalisierung
Klasen, Stephan (contributor) - 2006
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Armutsreduzierung im Zeitalter der Globalisierung
Klasen, Stephan - In: Globalisierung und Armut : wie realistisch sind die …, (pp. 1-20). 2006
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Globalisierung und Armut : wie realistisch sind die Millenniums-Entwicklungsziele der Vereinten Nationen?
Wallacher, Johannes (ed.); Klasen, Stephan (contributor) - 2006
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Intrahousehold health care financing strategy and the gender gap: Empirical evidence from India
Asfaw, Abay; Klasen, Stephan; Lamanna, Francesca - 2008
The 'missing women' dilemma in India has sparked interest in investigating gender discrimination in the provision of …
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Push or pull? Drivers of female labor force participation during India's economic boom
Klasen, Stephan; Pieters, Janneke - 2012
In the past twenty years, India's economy has grown at increasing rates and now belongs to the fastest …-growing economies in the world. This paper examines drivers of female labor force participation in urban India between 1987 and 2004 … minority of India's women. So despite India's economic boom, it appears that for all but the very well educated, labor market …
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How serious is the neglect of intra-household inequality in multi-dimensional poverty indices?
Klasen, Stephan; Lahoti, Rahul - 2016
Income-based as well as most existing multidimensional poverty indices (MPI) assume equal distribution within the household and thus are likely to lead to yield a biased assessment of individual poverty, and poverty by age or gender. In this paper we first show that the direction of the bias...
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