Price Index Concepts and Measurement

Price Index Concepts and Measurement
Author: W. Erwin Diewert
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 531
Release: 2010-02-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0226148572

Although inflation is much feared for its negative effects on the economy, how to measure it is a matter of considerable debate that has important implications for interest rates, monetary supply, and investment and spending decisions. Underlying many of these issues is the concept of the Cost-of-Living Index (COLI) and its controversial role as the methodological foundation for the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Price Index Concepts and Measurements brings together leading experts to address the many questions involved in conceptualizing and measuring inflation. They evaluate the accuracy of COLI, a Cost-of-Goods Index, and a variety of other methodological frameworks as the bases for consumer price construction.

Consumer Price Index Manual

Consumer Price Index Manual
Author: International Labour Office
Publisher: International Labour Organization
Total Pages: 578
Release: 2004-08-25
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789221136996

The consumer price index (CPI) measures the rate at which prices of consumer goods and services change over time. It is used as a key indicator of economic performance, as well as in the setting of monetary and socio-economic policy such as indexation of wages and social security benefits, purchasing power parities and inflation measures. This manual contains methodological guidelines for statistical offices and other agencies responsible for constructing and calculating CPIs, and also examines underlying economic and statistical concepts involved. Topics covered include: expenditure weights, sampling, price collection, quality adjustment, sampling, price indices calculations, errors and bias, organisation and management, dissemination, index number theory, durables and user costs.

Consumer Price Index Manual, 2020

Consumer Price Index Manual, 2020
Author: Brian Graf
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Total Pages: 509
Release: 2020-11-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781484354841

The Consumer Price Index Manual: Concepts and Methods contains comprehensive information and explanations on compiling a consumer price index (CPI). The Manual provides an overview of the methods and practices national statistical offices (NSOs) should consider when making decisions on how to deal with the various problems in the compilation of a CPI. The chapters cover many topics. They elaborate on the different practices currently in use, propose alternatives whenever possible, and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each alternative. The primary purpose of the Manual is to assist countries in producing CPIs that reflect internationally recommended methods and practices.

Export and Import Price Index Manual: Theory and Practice

Export and Import Price Index Manual: Theory and Practice
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 705
Release: 2010-04-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9264085416

A joint production by six international organizations, this manual explores the conceptual and theoretical issues that national statistical offices should consider in the daily compilation of export and import price indices. Intended for use by both ...

Measuring the Real Size of the World's Economy

Measuring the Real Size of the World's Economy
Author: World Bank
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 697
Release: 2013
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0821397281

"This work is a product of the staff of The World Bank with external contributions"--T.p. verso.

Productivity

Productivity
Author: Bert M. Balk
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2021-07-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3030754480

This book develops the theory of productivity measurement using the empirical index number approach. The theory uses multiplicative indices and additive indicators as measurement tools, instead of relying on the usual neo-classical assumptions, such as the existence of a production function characterized by constant returns to scale, optimizing behavior of the economic agents, and perfect foresight. The theory can be applied to all the common levels of aggregation (micro, meso, and macro), and half of the book is devoted to accounting for the links existing between the various levels. Basic insights from National Accounts are thereby used. The final chapter is devoted to the decomposition of productivity change into the contributions of efficiency change, technological change, scale effects, and input or output mix effects. Applications on real-life data demonstrate the empirical feasibility of the theory. The book is directed to a variety of overlapping audiences: statisticians involved in measuring productivity change; economists interested in growth accounting; researchers relating macro-economic productivity change to its industrial sources; enterprise micro-data researchers; and business analysts interested in performance measurement.

Social Science Concepts and Measurement

Social Science Concepts and Measurement
Author: Gary Goertz
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2020-09-29
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0691205485

Revised edition of the author's Social science concepts, c2006.

Statistics in a Nutshell

Statistics in a Nutshell
Author: Sarah Boslaugh
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Total Pages: 595
Release: 2012-11-15
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1449316824

A clear and concise introduction and reference for anyone new to the subject of statistics.

Multidimensional Poverty Measurement

Multidimensional Poverty Measurement
Author: Udaya Wagle
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2009-04-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0387758755

Multidimensional approaches have increasingly been used to understand poverty, but have yet to be fully operationalized. This methodical and important book uses factor analysis and structural equations modelling to develop a multidimensional framework that integrates capability and social inclusion as additional poverty indicators. The empirical relevance of this methodological contribution is demonstrated through in-depth case studies of the United States and Nepal.