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concept
construct
Commitment to Development
variable
Index of commitment to development
dimension
Investment
Environment
Peace
Immig
Aid
Trade
element
Tariffs
Non-Tariff barriers
Domestic subsidies
Imports
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Unemployment rate example

• ConstructEconomic Health
• Variables
• Unemployment
• Employment
• Volunteerism
• House-holders
• Underemployment
• Moonlighters, partimers

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Unemployment rate example

• Unemployment
• Self reported willingness to work job search
• Alternative measures
• Self-reports of not looking for work
• can be due to discouraged worker status or choice
• Collecting UI
• can be affected by time period of benefits

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Unemployment rate example

• Employment
• Household members self reports of employment
• Incorporates multiple measures of employment
  (e.g., self-employment, business ventures)
• Artificially inflated in countries w/govt
  subsidies for business ownership
• Number of employees on company payrolls
• Large sample size
• Artificially inflated in firms/countries with low
  terminations (or layoffs)
• Cash employment