In the frame of a statistical survey, the identification of non respondent units that should be object with priority of a reminder action (Intensive Follow Up - IFU), with the aim to produce enough good estimates, represents a relevant, but quite not deeply analysed methodological aspect. In...

When carrying out statistical surveys, detecting non-respondent units to undergo Intensive Follow Up (IFU) to disseminate quality estimates represents an important though under estimated aspect that is often not deeply studied. We suggest to use a generalised score function to quantify the risk...

Timeliness is a driving feature of official statistics. In particular, in the short-term statistics framework usually a first provisional release is carried out on the basis of preliminary early respondents, followed by a final release based on late respondents as well. The revision is the...

Il turismo è un fenomeno fortemente localizzato. Le caratteristiche del territorio ne denotano strutturalmente il profilo e i molteplici modelli di offerta cercano di soddisfare la variabilità dei gusti e delle esigenze dei visitatori. Sulla base della rilevazione ISTAT sul movimento nelle...

Timeliness is a driving feature of national economic statistics, especially in a short-term frame. In a survey sampling context, the current practice normally consists in a data release process based on a first preliminary estimate available for users within a short-time, followed by a final...

The spreading of the concept of sustainable development asks for a the definition of a sound common ground of the growing number of implementations. Here I propose a synopsis of the criticisms of the major methodological approaches to sustainability and point out the need, according to the...

This paper aims at investigating the relationship between financial and economic development for two countries: the US and Japan. A great deal of theoretical and empirical studies showed the existence of a close relation between the development of the financial sector and economic growth...