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Non-parametric estimation and evaluation of capability sets
Verbunt, Pim; Rogge, Nicky; Van Puyenbroeck, Tom - In: Oxford economic papers 74 (2022) 1, pp. 265-296
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Towards a multidimensional poverty index for Germany
Suppa, Nicolai - 2015
This paper compiles a multidimensional poverty index for Germany. Drawing on the capability approach as conceptual framework, I apply the Alkire-Foster method using German panel data. I suggest new operationalizations for two dimensions: social participation and practical reason, the latter...
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Walls of glass : measuring deprivation in social participation
Suppa, Nicolai - 2018
This paper proposes a measure for deprivation in social participation, an important but so far neglected dimension of human well-being. Operationalisation and empirical implementation of the measure are conceptually guided by the capability approach. Essentially, the paper argues that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011952499
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Capabilities and choices : do they make Sen'se for understanding objective and subjective well-being?
Muffels, Ruud J. A.; Headey, Bruce - 2011
In Sen's Capability Approach (CA) well-being can be defined as the freedom of choice to achieve the things in life which one has reason to value most for his or her personal life. Capabilities are in Sen's vocabulary therefore the real freedoms people have or the opportunities available to them....
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Real-time multivariate density forecast evaluation and calibration : monitoring the risk of high-frequency returns on foreign exchange
Diebold, Francis X.; Hahn, Jinyong; Tay, Anthony S. - 1998
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Longitudinal wealth data and multiple imputation : an evaluation study
Westermeier, Christian; Grabka, Markus M. - 2015
improvedimputation strategies. In a simulation study the authors compare six combinations of cross-sectional and longitudinal imputation … strategies for German wealth panel data. The authors create simulation data sets by blanking out observed data points: they … cross-sectional evaluation criteria. For trend estimates and the measurement of inequality, combining MICE with the row …
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MeinProf.de und die Qualität der Lehre
Beckmann, Klaus; Schneider, Andrea - 2009
This paper compares student evaluation of teaching on the web site MeinProf.de to the standard evaluation procedures at … econometric problems emerge. Many of these problems are, however, pervasive in the student evaluation of teaching as a whole. We …
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Visualizing exploratory factor analysis models
Klinke, Sigbert (contributor); Wagner, Cornelia (contributor) - 2008
and Economics for evaluation of lectures by students. These data were analyzed by Zhou (2004) and Reichelt (2007 …). -- Factor analysis ; visualization ; questionnaire ; evaluation of teaching …
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Bottom-up or direct? forecasting German GDP in a data-rich environment
Heinisch, Katja; Scheufele, Rolf - 2013
; nowcasting ; leading indicators ; MIDAS ; forecast combination ; forecast evaluation …
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Accuracy and Properties of German Business Cycle Forecasts
Osterloh, Steffen - 2013
In this paper the accuracy of a wide range of German business cycle forecasters is assessed for the past 10 years. For this purpose, a data set is used comprising forecasts published on a monthly basis by Consensus Economics. The application of several descriptive as well as statistical measures...
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