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and analysis to develop a methodology for improving the measurement of the upper tail of the distribution, which is …
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A long literature on inter-distributional inequality (IDI) has developed statistical tools for measuring the extent of inequality between two groups (e.g. men versus women). The paper reviews some of the most prominent IDI indices proposed in the last four decades. The assessment focuses on how...
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The analysis and measurement of poverty is a crucial and unsolved issue in the field of social science. This work aims … identified in Sicilia, Calabria, Campania and Puglia. The results demonstrate a relevant and consistent indicator measurement and …
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Assessing macroeconomic demand conditions is critical for monetary policy to gaugeimminent inflationary pressures. Generally, measures of output gap, calculated byapplying statistical filters on GDP data, are used for this purpose. GDP data, however,are released only at quarterly frequency with...
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Over the past ten years, the OECD has addressed entrepreneurship issues in various analyses and reports. While these studies compiled relevant data to support specific research or policy tasks, no effort was made to establish an ongoing database of entrepreneurship across OECD countries. In...
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conditions strictly its measurement. Therefore, a definition the concept of progress will determine the appropriateness of the … variables selected for its measurement. The first part of this paper explores why it is impossible, at the present time, to have … a univocal definition and measurement of progress and, consequently, of sustainable development. The second part is …
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We test the performance of a host of real and financial variables as early warning indicators for costly aggregate asset price boom/bust cycles, using data for 18 OECD countries.A 'real time' signalling approach is used to predict asset price booms that have serious real economy consequences. We...
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