Poverty statistics are conventionally compiled using data from household income and expenditure survey or living standards survey. This study examines an alternative approach in estimating poverty by investigating whether readily available geospatial data can accurately predict the spatial...

Poverty statistics are conventionally compiled using data from household income and expenditure survey or living standards survey. This study examines an alternative approach in estimating poverty by investigating whether readily available geospatial data can accurately predict the spatial...

timeseriesdb is an R package which suggests a PostgreSQL database structure to store time series alongside extensive multi-lingual meta information and provides an R database interface including a web based GUI. The timeseriesdb package was designed to handle time series in establishment...

We introduce a high-dimensional structural time series model, where co-movement between the components is due to common factors. A two-step estimation strategy is presented, which is based on principal components in differences in a first step and state space methods in a second step. The...

Economic statistics are frequently reported in the form of index numbers. This article considers how the field of Index Numbers should be approached in the teaching of a general economic degree. While the topic finds a natural home in statistics modules, it is emphasised that the area can also...

The importance of institutional settings for economic development outcomes is broadly acknowledged nowadays. This paper investigates the role of official statistics in alleviating financing constraints in emerging and developing economies, with a particular focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. Official...

Zusammenfassung Die Arbeit behandelt vor dem Hintergrund von Anforderungen an amtliche Preisindizes vor allem zwei Gegenstände: 1. die Kontroverse über den US-Verbraucherpreisindex auf Basis der kaum kritisch hinterfragten und nicht selten auch mißverstandenen „ökonomischen Theorie der...

Für Deutschland und andere entwickelte Länder werden Methoden zur Schätzung von sozioökonomischen Indikatoren auf räumlich disaggregierter Ebene benötigt, ohne dabei Populations-Mikrodaten zu verwenden, die meist nicht öffentlich verfügbar sind. Viele sozioökonomische Indikatoren, zum...

Modern systems of official statistics require the accurate and timely estimation of socio-demographic indicators for disaggregated geographical regions. Traditional data collection methods such as censuses or household surveys impose great financial and organizational burdens for National...

Dieser Artikel basiert auf einem Blog-Beitrag für Data & Policy, einem Open-AccessJournal, das Forschungsergebnisse, Fallstudien und Diskussionen über die Auswirkungen von Data Science auf Politik und Führung veröffentlicht. Er nimmt die derzeitige Corona-Pandemie zum Anlass, wichtige Fragen...