[PDF] Micro And Macro Data Integration eBook

Author : Randy A. Becker
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,98 MB
Release : 2009
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Micro and macro data integration should be an objective of economic measurement as it is clearly advantageous to have internally consistent measurement at all levels of aggregation - firm, industry and aggregate. In spite of the apparently compelling arguments, there are few measures of business activity that achieve anything close to micro/macro data internal consistency. The measures of business activity that are arguably the worst on this dimension are capital stocks and flows. In this paper, we document, quantify and analyze the widely different approaches to the measurement of capital from the aggregate (top down) and micro (bottom up) perspectives. We find that recent developments in data collection permit improved integration of the top down and bottom up approaches. We develop a prototype hybrid method that exploits these data to improve micro/macro data internal consistency in a manner that could potentially lead to substantially improved measures of capital stocks and flows at the industry level. We also explore the properties of the micro distribution of investment. In spite of substantial data and associated measurement limitations, we show that the micro distributions of investment exhibit properties that are of interest to both micro and macro analysts of investment behavior. These findings help highlight some of the potential benefits of micro/macro data integration.

Author : Silvia Biffignandi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 777 pages
File Size : 13,73 MB
Release : 2013-03-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 3642488633

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In industrial countries there is a strong interest in the international comparison of business data regarding productivity efficiency and competitiveness. This volume presents methods for the statistical analysis of micro- and macrodata of firms and for an international comparison of the aggregates. Case studies referring to specific countries play an important role for the development of economic hypotheses that should be tested at the international level.

Author : Nancy D. Ruggles
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 46,11 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
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She is no longer an economist at Yale, but he still is. They explain how to measure and analyze macroeconomic and microeconomic data and how to integrate the two, which diverged sharply during the Great Depression and have rarely interacted since. They demonstrate macroanalysis with studies of recession and recovery in the US from 1929 to 1974, theoretical concepts and empirical measurement of saving and investment, accounting for saving and capital formation in the US from 1947 to 1991, and other cases. For microanalysis they look at a study of differential fertility based on census data, longitudinal establishment data, and other topics. For the integration of the two, they take a more methodological approach, describing such features as macroaccount and microdata sets, the relation of methodology to the technology of economic research, and measuring economic and social performance. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Dale W. Jorgenson
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 649 pages
File Size : 15,7 MB
Release : 2007-11-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0226410870

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A New Architecture for the U.S. National Accounts brings together a distinguished group of contributors to initiate the development of a comprehensive and fully integrated set of United States national accounts. The purpose of the new architecture is not only to integrate the existing systems of accounts, but also to identify gaps and inconsistencies and expand and incorporate systems of nonmarket accounts with the core system. Since the United States economy accounts for almost thirty percent of the world economy, it is not surprising that accounting for this huge and diverse set of economic activities requires a decentralized statistical system. This volume outlines the major assignments among institutions that include the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Department of Labor, the Census Bureau, and the Governors of the Federal Reserve System. An important part of the motivation for the new architecture is to integrate the different components and make them consistent. This volume is the first step toward achieving that goal.

Author : Hans-peter Blossfeld
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 18,76 MB
Release : 2019-09-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1000308952

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The relationship between rational choice theory and large-scale data analysis has become an important issue for sociologists. Though rational choice theory is well established in both sociology and economics, its influence on quantitative empirical sociology has been surprisingly limited. This book examines why there is hardly a link between the t

Author : John H. Hitchcock
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 635 pages
File Size : 39,14 MB
Release : 2022-05-10
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 042978015X

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This groundbreaking edited book, The Routledge Handbook for Advancing Integration in Mixed Methods Research, presents an array of different integration ideas, with contributions from scholars across the globe. This handbook represents the first major volume that comprehensively discusses this topic of integration. Perhaps the most fundamental and longstanding question in mixed methods research is: How does one best integrate disparate forms of information to produce the best form of inquiry? Each of the 34 seminal chapters in this handbook accelerates the discussion of integration across a broad range of disciplines, including education, arts-based analyses, and work in the Global South, as well as special topics such as psychometrics and media research. Many of the chapters present new topics that have never been written about before, and all chapters offer cutting-edge approaches to integration. They also offer different perspectives of integration – leading the introductory chapter to offer a new and comprehensive definition for integration, as follows: "referring to the optimal mixing, combining, blending, amalgamating, incorporating, joining, linking, merging, consolidating, or unifying of research approaches, methodologies, philosophies, methods, techniques, concepts, language, modes, disciplines, fields, and/or teams within a single study." The concluding chapter offers a meta-framework that accounts for this definition and is designed to help scholars think more about integration in a way that represents a continuous, dynamic, iterative, interactive, synergistic, and holistic meaning-making process. This handbook will be an essential reference work for all scholars and practitioners using or seeking to use mixed methods in their research.