For researchers studying the economic development of nations, the availability of human capital data is crucial. Economists making efforts to examine the impact of human resources on economic development before the end of World War II often face massive problems. Methods of collecting data,...

This paper provides an exploration of current and emerging trends in Māori wellbeing using He Ara Waiora. The paper draws on quantitative evidence, including indicators from the LSF Dashboard and Indicators Aotearoa New Zealand. The analysis is also supported by qualitative evidence in the form...

This paper is part of a series of detailed background papers designed to support Te Tai Waiora, the Treasury's first Wellbeing Report, which was published in November 2022. New Zealand is home to the world's largest Pacific population. About one in 12 New Zealanders identifies as having a...

Diese Bachelorarbeit führt in den Themenkomplex Wohlstand und dessen Messung ein. Es wird gezeigt, wer oder was heutzutage als „wohlhabend“ bezeichnet werden kann. Es wird der Frage nachgegangen, ob das Bruttoinlandsprodukt das geeignete Messinstrument für Wohlstand ist. Dazu wird sich...

Este trabajo estudia la evolución de los indicadores de pobreza intertemporal en Argentina durante los últimos 15 años. Aprovechando el esquema de rotación de la EPH, se construyen paneles sucesivos durante el período 1997-2012 que permiten descomponer la pobreza en sus componentes crónico...

The central question addressed by this study is whether countries with above-average governance grew faster than countries with below-average governance. Using the World Bank's worldwide governance indicators to measure governance performance, it examines whether a country with governance...

The aim of this paper is to compare a social welfare (SW) indicator for sustainability with the ecological footprint (EF) indicator for measuring spatial sustainability. The framework applied follows the line of a core-periphery model of "new economic geography" as put forward in Grazi, van den...