Ateneo - UPO

1. Indices for temporal and territorial comparisons
2. Concentration of transferable phenomena
3. The shift-share analysis
4. Data mining from open databases of OECD and ISTAT

P. Chirico: Indici statistici per analisi economiche e sociali, Giappichelli 2016
Notes in DIR

Students will have to:
- to be able to compare economic phenomena over time and space (between countries and regions);
- to learn how to download data from the main public databases of the main Italian and international institutions.

Basic matematics

Theoretical and applied lessons.
Recommended attendance

Written exercises on case studies

1. Indices for temporal and territorial comparisons
a. Simple time indices
b. Average and indirect indices
c. Unbundling of inflation
d. Nominal exchange rates
is. Real exchange rates
f. Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) and Comparative Price Levels (CPL)

2. Concentration of transferable phenomena
a. Lorenz curve and Concentration Area
b. Gini index
c. Industrial Concentration Indices

3. The shift-share analysis
4. Data mining from public databases
a. The ISTAT database
b. The OECD database

Ability to obtain public data and to analyze them for temporal and spatial comparisons