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A sociological perspective on measuring social norms by means of strategy method experiments

Rauhut, Heiko; Winter, Fabian - 2009

The measurement of social norms plays a pivotal role in many social sciences. While economists predominantly conduct …, on the one hand, often fall short in the measurement of more complex elements, such as the conditionality or the level of …

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Models as Measuring Instruments

Rodenburg, Peter - 2004

in models by analysing the measurement of duration dependence of unemployment. Since search theory can’t be made … - provided the models is calibrated - this suffice for measurement. This paper explores this construction of a measuring device … measurement to take place by modelling behaviour according to some assumptions, which operate as constraints. While this Weibull …

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The measurement of social welfare

Tsuneki, Atsushi - 2007

the present suboptimal economy. We discuss pros and cons of our approach for the measurement of welfare compared with … other approaches to applied welfare economics, especially the measurement of deadweight loss. …

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The cluster concept as a multi-dimensional thematic field: Methodological and substantive perspectives

Stahlecker, Thomas; Kroll, Henning - 2012

The empirical sub-sections of this article have shown that the both production and technology oriented clusters are a very diverse and regionally embedded phenomenon. Within this context, the observed diversity of political strategies and support measures whose ultimate goal is to 'generate...

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Big Data y Algoritmos para la Medición de la Pobreza y el Desarrollo

Sosa Escudero, Walter - 2023

Eritrea es un pequeño país del noreste de África, al que casi todos los rankings ubican entre los tres más pobres del mundo. Eritrea hace 30 años que no tiene un censo (Jerven, 2013). Eritrea es como un hipertenso severo que no puede medirse la presión, que no puede consultar a un médico....

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Explaining poverty evolution: The case of Mozambique

Arndt, Channing; Hussain, M. Azhar; Jones, E. Samuel; … - 2011

Measuring poverty remains a complex and contentious issue. This is particularly true in sub-Saharan Africa where poverty rates are higher, information bases typically weaker, and the underlying determinants of welfare relatively volatile. This paper employs recently collected data on household...

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Urban settlement: Data, measures, and trends

Bloom, David E.; Canning, David; Fink, Günther; … - 2010

inherent in defining and measuring the size of urban versus rural populations. We show that differences in the measurement of …

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Social groups and economic poverty: A problem in measurement

Subramanian, S. - 2004

. The implications of directly incorporating group disparities into the measurement of poverty for poverty comparisons and …

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Tracing the Changing Measures of Unemployment in Dutch Unemployment Statistics 1900-1940

Rodenburg, Peter - 2001

In the period before the second World War, the Dutch Bureau of Statistics had developed two sets of indicators ofunemployment in the Netherlands. One was based on statistical data of unemployment insurance funds of tradeunions and the other one on statistical data of labour exchanges. This paper...

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How should Britain's government spending and tax burdens be measured? A historic perspective on the 2009 budget forecasts

Smith, David B. - 2009

than cure the recession.When Keynes wrote his General Theory in 1936 the ratio of general government expenditure to …

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