CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2022
| Author | Chariag, Ramzi |
|---|---|
| Title | Inference From the Sky: Using Nighttime Light Data as a Proxy for Economic Statistics |
| Summary | Unreliable and missing data has been a thorn in the side of social scientists for decades. As of 1992, nighttime satellite imagery has become available. Several studies in many fields, ranging from economics to political science have made use of such data. One of the most notable studies that made use of luminosity as a measure for output is Chen and Nordhaus (2011) in which the authors construct an alternative measure for output. In 2011, a new, more sophisticated satellite has been launched, and there is already a decade of higher quality data. I replicate the approach from Chen and Nordhaus (2011) and find that the increase in satellite image quality brings only a marginal dierence to the results. |
| Supervisor | Lychagin Sergey |
| Department | Economics MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2022/chariag_ramzi.pdf |
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