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Cómo incorporar cuestiones del género en las estadísticas del trabajo
Mata-Greenwood, Adriana - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2000
Discusses gender issues relevant to labour statistics, measurement methodologies and dissemination practices. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010616701
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Inequality, income shares and poverty : the practical meaning of Gini coefficients
Luebker, Malte - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2010
Discusses which countries have low and which have high Gini coefficients as well as relationships with the incomes of the poor and the rich.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010616703
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Les indicateurs Doing Business : limites méthodologiques et conséquences politiques
Berg, Janine; Cazes, Sandrine - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2007
Traite des problèmes conceptuels et méthodologiques ainsi que des implications politiques de la composante "embauche des travailleurs" des indicateurs Doing Business de la Banque Mondiale. Commence avec une revue critique des indicateurs "embauche des travailleurs" et de leur implication...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010616728
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A new methodology for estimating internationally comparable poverty lines and living wage rates
Anker, Richard - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2006
Proposes a methodology for measuring national poverty lines.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010616756
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A review essay on child well-being measurement: uncovering the paths for future research
Fernandes, Liliana; Mendes, Américo; Teixeira, Aurora A.C. - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2010
-being measurement through summary indexes are put forward. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010617864
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THE IMPORTANCE OF MANAGEMENT OF THE HUMAN RESOURCE CAPACITY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS
SHQAU, GJERGJI; SHAHINI, BESA - In: Journal of Academic Research in Economics 3 (2011) 2 (July), pp. 196-208
Human resources represent one of the most important factors for the achievement of a high organizational and institutional performance. The main objective of this study is to estimate the organizational performance and to see how it matches with characteristics of job and employee skills, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010570117
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On the Measurement of Trade Costs: Direct vs. Indirect Approaches to Quantifying Standards and Technical Regulations
Chen, Natalie; Novy, Dennis - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2012
In this article, we review the literature on the measurement of trade costs in international trade with a special …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010570488
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Measuring the return on household enterprise: What matters most for whom?
Samphantharak, Krislert; Townsend, Robert M. - In: Journal of Development Economics 98 (2012) 1, pp. 58-70
developing economies. Yet the definition and measurement of household enterprise ROA remain inconsistent or unclear. We … illustrate potential measurement problems with examples from various surveys. We take advantage of a detailed household survey … and analyze what matters and for whom. The three issues that matter most for measurement of household enterprise ROA are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010574942
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Using PDA consistency checks to increase the precision of profits and sales measurement in panels
Fafchamps, Marcel; McKenzie, David; Quinn, Simon; … - In: Journal of Development Economics 98 (2012) 1, pp. 51-57
Personalized Digital Assistants (PDAs) and other forms of hardware needed to collect survey data electronically have become more affordable and powerful in recent years, leading to their use in a number of surveys in developing countries. Simple use of these devices can offer the prospect of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010574946
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Measurement of Women’s Empowerment in Rural Bangladesh
Mahmud, Simeen; Shah, Nirali M.; Becker, Stan - In: World Development 40 (2012) 3, pp. 610-619
Women’s empowerment is a dynamic process that has been quantified, measured, and described in a variety of ways. We measure empowerment in a sample of 3,500 rural women in 128 villages of Bangladesh with five indicators. A conceptual framework is presented, together with descriptive data on...
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