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Ségrégation et fragmentation socio-spatiale – L’épreuve de la mesure

Wachsberger, Jean-Michel - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2012

This note is a reflection on the meaning and scope of segregation and socio-spatial fragmentation indicators and, beyond, on the role of statistics in sociological reasoning. It shows that if these indicators can be used to test theories of segregation or fragmentation, they must nevertheless...

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Quantum fluctuations as deviation from classical dynamics of ensemble of trajectories parameterized by unbiased hidden random variable

Budiyono, Agung - In: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 391 (2012) 11, pp. 3102-3118

apply the method to develop quantum measurement without wave function collapse and external observer a la pilot-wave theory. …

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Examining the reliability of self-reported data on school participation

Baird, Sarah; Özler, Berk - In: Journal of Development Economics 98 (2012) 1, pp. 89-93

Many studies evaluate the impacts of Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs on schooling using self-reports on enrollment and attendance even though there are reasons to doubt the reliability of these data. In this paper, we examine the extent to which school-age girls overstate their school...

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Descriptive measures of the allocation of development aid

WHITE, H.; MCGILLIVRAY, M. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 1992

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Determinants of poverty in Kenya : a household level analysis

GEDA, ALEMAYEHU - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2001

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Uncounted or illusory blessings? Competing responses to the Easterlin, Easterbrook and Schwartz paradoxes of well-being

GASPER, D. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2006

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Measuring the multidimensional aspects of poverty : a study based on Orange Walk District, Belize

SOSA, N. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 1997

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ON THE RECENT EXTENSION OF PRICE AND PRODUCTION STATISTICS TO HEALTH AND EDUCATION

Broussolle, Damien - Laboratoire de Recherche en Gestion (LaRGE), Institut … - 2005

The paper pertains to the recent extension of price and production statistics to health, social assistance services and education. In the first part, it is underlined that using net prices instead of gross prices, as it has been decided for the European harmonised consumer price index, is...

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The Measurement of Output and Productivity in the Health Care Sector in Canada: An Overview

Sharpe, Andrew; Bradley, Celeste; Messinger, Hans - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2007

To achieve efficient allocation of resources in the health care sector, accurate measures of health care output and productivity are essential. According to official estimates of productivity produced by Statistics Canada, labour productivity in the business sector of the health care (excluding...

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Guide to the Measurement of Government Productivity

Hughes, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 5 (2002) Fall, pp. 64-77

The measurement of government productivity poses a challenge for economists. The lack of a marketed output and the … multidimensional nature of objectives for government agencies in particular make the measurement of productivity in government more … guide to the issue of productivity measurement in government. Hughes provides a non-technical overview of the different …

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