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Subnational Multidimensional Poverty Dynamics in Developing Countries: the cases of Ecuador and Uruguay
Get PDFThis paper studies deprivation dynamics at the subnational level, introducing a Local Multidimensional
Poverty Index (LMPI), and focusing on multidimensional poverty in Ecuador and Uruguay between the
last two available censuses, 1990–2010 and 1996–2011, respectively. As a first step, we construct the LMPI
at the municipal level using microdata from both counties. Subsequently, we explore spatial and temporal
dynamics through a set of tools such as thesalter graph, Moran’s I, Moran scatterplot, and spatial transition
matrix. The results indicate that compared to Ecuador, Uruguay was initially in a better position in terms
of the LMPI. However, Ecuador achieved a generalized reduction of the LMPI during the period of
analysis, reaching levels close to that of Uruguay. Nevertheless, spatial persistence in the LMPI is observed
Note su separazione dei coniugi e pensione alimentare negli statuti personali cattolici libanesi
No full textIl saggio tratta della separazione dei coniugi negli Statuti personali libanes
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
On the association between housing deprivation and urban size: Evidence from South Asia
No full textHousing is a basic human need; however, in recent decades slums have become the face of urbanization in developing economies. Urbanization drives economic growth, playing an important role in providing adequate housing and reducing poverty. In this paper, we investigate the association between housing deprivation and the urban size at a regional level for South Asian countries in the year 2015. We use two main sources of data. The first is the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), which provide microdata that allows us to build housing deprivation indexes based on the material characteristics of households and housing assets. The second source is satellite imagery, used to define urban cores and measure the urban size of each region. Then, we use a two-step procedure to identify the relationship between the urban size and housing deprivation. Our results indicate that age and higher levels of education (of the head of household) are negatively associated with our housing deprivation indexes in South Asian households. Furthermore, a greater number of children in South Asian households is related to higher levels of housing deprivation. In the second step, we show that there is a significant negative association between material housing deprivation and the urban size at a regional level for our full sample and for the majority of countries taken individually. An important exception is India, where an inverted-U-shaped relationship between deprivation and urban size is found. This result is robust even when an IV approach is used
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
IL NEO FORMALISMO DELLA SCHEDA TESTAMENTARIA, IN TEMPI PANDEMICI DA COVID-19
No full textLe esigenze derivate dalle precauzioni assunte per contrastare la diffusione di malattie virali come il Covid-19 hanno portato all'attenzione dello studioso la possibilità di redigere la scheda testamentaria con mezzi digitali che non richiedano la contestuale presenza fisica dei soggetti coinvolti (testatore, notaio, testimoni etc...), aprendo la strada a diversificate forme, rispetto allo stretto formalismo codicistico. L’equazione a piú incognite finale concerne l’ammissibilità di un atto di volontà successoria, redatto con tecniche di ultima generazione e relativo alla trasmissione di diritti e rapporti sui digital contents. Esigenze di uniformazione a livello sovranazionale sollecitano i problematici interrogativi e le consequenziali sfide per i legislatori
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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